Student Tells Of Bomb Attacks

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30155, 12 June 1963, Page 12

Student Tells Of Bomb Attacks

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright)

MONTREAL, June 10.

An 18-year-old university student said in Montreal yesterday that the terrorist Quebec Liberation Front (F.L.Q.) demanded that its members be “ready to die for the cause” of violently forcing French-speaking Quebec province out of Canada’s confederation.

The student, Alain Brouillard, was giving evidence to a Coroner’s jury at the inquest into the death of an elderly nightwatchman.

Brcuillard was one of 14 men and a woman held as witnesses in the case. He was permitted to testify “under the Court's protection,” which meant his sworn evidence could not be used against him in any subsequent trial. Brouillard said that one night last March he was invited to meet F.L.Q. members led by Belgian-bora Georges Schoetens, who, according to police, made two trips to Cuba to study subversive methods. He said he was asked if he was “ready to die for the cause,” but was not required to answer.

Later, he said under questioning. he was ordered to team with a man called Raymond Villeneuve and throw "Molotov cocktails" at a Montreal drill hall. He said Villeneuve threw one that failed to explode, but he decided at the last minute not to throw because he was scared his own bomb would make too much noise

The bombings were the first attributed to the FJL. Q. and Brouillard was the first suspect to discuss them. Brouillard also said he was ordered to hide 20 to 25 sticks of dynamite in a Locker at the University of Montreal

Killer Kane

A walking stick called the “killer Jsane,” is coming on the market far those who like to stroll round the garden in the evening, says the

“Financial Times.” It can be used to squirt weedkiller. The stick is made of hollow metal and contains a vial of weedkiller with a valve at the tip. The weed is touched with the end of the stick, which ejects a squint of chemical. There are different types of- chemical for various types of weed.— London. Jone 10.

ready for use as bombs when the F.L.Q. leaders saw fit. “I never knew in advance what was going on," he said. “I just knew when it was over.” Brouillard said he gave himself up to police on June 7. Today was the first time that the witnesses, some of them held by police for more than a week, were identified. The witnesses who entered the courtroom in groups, surrounded by policemen, were identified as: Georges Schoeters, aged 33, and his wife Jeunne. 25; Jacques Girous, 19; Pierre Schneider. 19; Francois Gagnon, 19; Gabriel Hudson, 20: Rodger Tetreault: Richard Bizier, 20; Eugenio Pilate. 20; Mario Bachand, 20; Gilles Pruneau, 19; Yves Labone, 19; Raymond Villeneuve, 19; Alain Brouillard, 18; and Denis Lanmoureux, 20. The hearing is expected to last three days.