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| Opération Casernes | |||||||
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| Part of the Insurgency in Quebec | |||||||
 Armoury of the Fusiliers Mont-Royal | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Canada |
 Front de libération du Québec | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Fusiliers Mont-Royal | Armée de libération du Québec | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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2 Killed Numerous firearms captured | Unknown | ||||||
In the early morning of 30 January 1964, a military wing of the Front de libération du Québec known as the Armée de libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Army) broke into the Fusiliers Mont-Royal's barrack in an operation dubbed Opération Casernes and managed to steal numerous firearms.
Break in
At 7:30am on 30 January 1964, the ALQ broke into the barrack of Fusiliers Mont-Royal in Montreal. The ALQ militants killed the nightwatchman, killed a member of the Corps des Commissionnaires and captured 8 employees who they tied up. Afterwards, the ALQ militants began taking firearms and ammunition. By 9:00am, the ALQ had left with $20,000 in stolen firearms. This included 59 C1 rifles, 34 Sten guns, 4 Bren guns, 4 60-millimetre mortars, 3 Bazooka rocket launchers, 5 revolvers, 13,000.22 long rifle rounds, 2,300.303 British rounds, 2,000 7.62×51mm NATO rounds and multiple grenades.
Aftermath
The break-in caused soldiers to be deployed outside of all barracks in the Montreal metropolitan area the next day.
References
- https://lesfusiliersmont-royal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/14-Grenade14_web.pdf
- https://www.ainfos.ca/20/oct/ainfos00336.html
- "Shawinigan attaqué par les felquistes".
- https://lesfusiliersmont-royal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/14-Grenade14_web.pdf
- "Site historique du Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) : L'échec du FLQ".
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