Incident Date:
February 02, 1978 02:00
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Saint Quentin, New Brunswick Canada
Perpetrators: Beaubassin Cell (Acadian Independence Group)
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary (Blunt Object)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Business
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: "02/02/1978: A firebomb attack at about 2 a.m., heavily damaged the federal building housing a Canada Manpower office in St. Quentin. Acting on an anonymous telephone tip, reporters found a letter, signed the ""Beaubassin Cell,"" which claimed responsibility for the act and denounced manpower centres as symbols of the exploitation of Acadia. The Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) and the newspaper ""L'Evangeline"" were warned that if they did not publicize the attack they would be the next targets of the group."
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. 285."
2) RCMP Chronology. p. 7.
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. 90"
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