On October fifth, 1970, the British Trade Commissioner James Cross was kidnapped [2] by the notorious, French-Canadian terrorist group the FLQ. James Cross was kidnapped at his residence in Mount Royal, at gunpoint in Montreal, Quebec, by the Liberation Cell of the FLQ. For the Trade Commissioner's return, the FLQ demanded the release of twenty-three FLQ members in prison, five-hundred thousand dollars in gold, and the broadcast & publication of the FLQ Manifesto. After the kidnapping, the police immediately ordered one of the largest manhunts in history.
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