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October Crisis

BelligerentsCanadaCanadian Armed ForcesRoyal Canadian Mounted PoliceQuebecSûreté du QuébecMontrealSPVMFront de libération du QuébecChénier CellLiberation CellCommanders and leadersPierre TrudeauDonald Stovel MacdonaldGilles TurcotRobert BourassaPierre LaporteXJean DrapeauPaul RoseJacques RoseFrancis SimardJacques LanctôtJacques Cossette-TrudelBernard LortieCasualties and losses1 soldier killed in an accident1 civilian murdered c. 30 arrested Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte kidnapped and murdered by the FLQ; British Diplomat James Cross kidnapped and later released by the FLQThe October Crisis (French: Crise d'Octobre) 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.

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