Incident Date:
March 08, 1983
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Friction Directe
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary (Blunt Object)
Organization Type: Leftist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Military(Military Barracks/Base/Headquarters/Check Post)
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: "03/08/1983: Two firebombs were thrown at the Bleury street headquarters of the 3rd Battalion Black Watch armoury in Montreal, Quebec. The firebombs scorched the front door of the armoury with flames. No injuries occurred as a result of this attack. Friction Directe claimed responsibility. The group claimed they wanted to remind people of the 20th anniversary of the first strike by the Front de Liberation du Quebec and protesting American aid to right wing Central American regimes and the testing of the cruise missile in Canada. "
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. 106"
2) "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. 295."
3) RCMP Chronology. p. 11.
4) GTD 1970-2012 data file
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