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may 17, 1963 - Westmount Mailbox Bombings

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At least 12 bombs, each made of dynamite, are placed in mailboxes in Westmount. Five of them explode. Sergeant Major Walter Leja of the Canadian Army is seriously injured when one of the bombs explodes as he is trying to defuse it.

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may 17, 1963
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~ 62 years ago

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