Incident Date:
March 28, 1980
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Time Fuse)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Government
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: "03/28/1980: A pipe bomb exploded next to a pro-Canada billboard near Beaver Hall Hill, Montreal. The 12-inch pipe bomb was filled with black powder, a battery, and a 60-minute manual timer. A hole was ripped in the centre of the 15-foot billboard by the explosion, which occurred sometime before dawn. Despite the fact that the billboard's owners were involved in a labour dispute at the time, there had been no acts of violence involved, and the police believed that the bombing was politically motivated (many other pro-Canada signs had been vandalized in recent months, and the sovereignty-association referendum took place in May). Police investigators linked this and similar attacks over the period of a week."
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. 287."
2) RCMP Chronology. p. 8.
3) GTD 1970-2012 data file
4) "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. 93"
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