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Canada's October Crisis escalates when Quebec Vice Premier Pierre Laporte is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec.
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October Crisis
1970 series of events in Quebec, Canada
The October Crisis was a chain of political events in Canada that started in October 1970 when members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped the provincial Labour Minister Pierre Laporte and British diplomat James Cross from his Montreal residence. These events…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Pierre Laporte
Canadian politician (1921–1970)
Pierre Laporte was a Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician. He was deputy premier of the province of Quebec when he was kidnapped and murdered by members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) during the October Crisis.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Front de libération du Québec
Militant separatist group (1963–1971)
The Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) was a Quebec separatist terrorist group which aimed to establish an independent and socialist Quebec. Founded sometime in the early 1960s, the FLQ conducted a number of attacks between 1963 and 1970, which totaled over 160 violent…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)