Event
The Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnaps British trade commissioner James Cross in Montreal and demands release of all imprisoned FLQ members
5 Oct 1970 · 52.00° N, 72.00° W
What the records say
- When
- 5 Oct 1970
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 52.00° N, 72.00° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, October Crisis.
Summary
The Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnaps British trade commissioner James Cross in Montreal and demands release of all imprisoned FLQ members, beginning Quebec's October Crisis. The next day the Canadian government announces that it will not meet the demand.
3 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “James Richard Cross, der britische Handelskommissar in Kanada, wird von Terroristen der Front de libération du Québec in Montreal als Geisel gekidnappt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “enlèvement à Montréal de l’attaché commercial du Royaume-Uni James Richard Cross par le Front de libération du Québec”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page