Incident Date:
April 05, 1972
Incident Successful:
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Young Cuba Group of Cuban Exiles
Event Type: Threat
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Rightist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: Yes
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Diplomatic(Embassies/Consulates)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: 04/05/1972: A group calling itself the Young Cuba Group of Cuban Exiles told an Associated Press bureau in the United States that there was a bomb in the Cuban Consulate in Montreal. A police search proved negative. This warning was received a few days after the bombing of the Cuban trade mission in Montreal.
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. 392."
2) GTD 1970-2012 data file
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