In the early morning of 30 January 1964, a military wing of the known as the (English: Quebec Liberation Army) broke into the 's armoury in an operation dubbed and stole numerous firearms.
Break in At 7:30 am on 30 January 1964, the ALQ broke into the armoury of the in Montreal. The ALQ militants killed the nightwatchman, killed a member of the Corps of Commissionaires and captured 8 employees whom they tied up. Afterwards, the ALQ militants began taking firearms and ammunition. By 9:00 am, 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 armouries in the Montreal metropolitan area the next day.
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