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Canada Kidnap - James Cross
In October 1970 James Cross, a British diplomat, was taken hostage. The kidnappers were from the FLQ - the Front de Liberation du Quebec.
In October 1970 James Cross, a British diplomat, was taken hostage.
The kidnappers were from the FLQ - the Front de Liberation du Quebec.
Soon after, a provincial minister from Quebec was also kidnapped - he was found days later, dead in the boot of a car.
(Photo: James Cross and his wife Barbara, on his release. Getty Images)
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