Incident Date:
February 07, 1978
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Prisoners Revolutionary Army
Event Type: Assassination
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Private Citizens & Property(Named civilians)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 1 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "02/07/1978: Michael Roy, warden of Archambault penitentiary, was assassinated in his driveway by gunfire. The Prisoners Revolutionary Army claimed responsibility for killing the former Director. They called the Globe and Mail on February 8."
References: 1) "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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