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          Document:         bombe Gare centrale
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1: §1 1984
2: §2 Montréal
3: §3 3 septembre 1984
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5: An American, angry at the imminent papal visit to Canada, bombed Mtl’s Central Station, killing 3 and wounding in excess of 30 people.  The bomb, which was planted in a bank of lockers near a gate where Ottawa-bound travellers queued, exploded at 10:22am.  Police speculated that the powerful bomb comprised a pipe filled with gunpowder, possibly also gasoline, and with dynamite attached.
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7: After an insanity plea was rejected, an elderly retired American armed forces officer, Thomas Bernard Brigham, de Rochester (NY) was sentenced to life imprisonment.  3 jours avant l’attentat il avait fait parvenir une lettre à Amtrak (!) réclamant «the death of the unholy Vatican».
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9: It is unclear whether the act was a political one or simply the product of an unstable mind.
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11: Exclu de Kellett et al : personal motivation possibly outweighed political motive (quel motif personnel??)
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13: Maclean’s 17 sep 84, 30; HCH 4 sep 84, 1,2; Facts on File 17 may 85, 367