Incident Date:
December 11, 1972 00:30
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Cuban Secret Government
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Time Fuse)
Organization Type: Rightist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Construction)
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: "12/11/1972: A Cuban group (the Cuban Secret Government) claimed responsibility for the bombing of a business centre building. The incident was connected to three other anti-Castro explosions in the U.S. The bomb was destined for Michael's Forwarding Co., but was put in the wrong place. Part of the company's business consisted of forwarding consignments to Cuba. The bomb caused extensive damage to the structure, possibly running as high as $500,000, but no one was injured. The explosion also damaged another business in the building. Windows were blown off their partitions, acoustic tiles were destroyed and elevator doors were knocked off their tracks. There was extensive damage to the second floor interior of the Construction Centre Building. The bomb apparently consisted of two or three sticks of dynamite, a detonator, a clock and batteries. It was believed that the blast took place around 12:30 a.m. The group warned of further attacks aimed at individuals and firms doing business with Cuba."
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. 182."
2) "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. 85"
3) RWVIC p. 54
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