Incident Date:
January 26, 1972 14:50
Incident Successful: No
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Other Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Bank/Commerce)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "01/26/1972: Police defused a bomb in the foyer of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in downtown Montreal. The bomb consisted of a block of ""plastique"" equivalent to 20 to 25 pounds of dynamite. This was the first use of plastic explosives in Montreal. The incident began at 2:50 p.m. when police received a call that a package had been discovered in the customer area of the bank. Plastic explosives and a detonation system were wired to two mousetraps. The Front de Liberation du Quebec is believed to have been responsible."
References: 1) "Kellett, A., Beanlands, B., Deacon, J., Jeffrey, H., & Lapalme, C. (1991). Terrorism in Canada 1960-1989, User Report no. 1990-16. Ottawa: Solicitor General Canada, National Security Coordination Centre, Police and Security Branch. p. 283."
2) RCMP Chronology. p. 5.
3) "Ross, Jeffrey I. (1992). ATIC IV: Chronology of Domestic and International Terrorist Events in Canada, 1960-1990. Montreal, Qc: International Centre for Comparative Criminology. p. 83"
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