15 stories: The killing of Pierre Laporte

The 1970 kidnapping, and subsequent murder, of Pierre Laporte changed forever Canadians’ perceptions of themselves as immune from terrorism. This is one of 15 Canadian stories we are presenting as part of the Citizen’s ongoing Canada 150 coverage.
Pierre Laporte was at home in the Montreal suburb of St. Lambert, throwing a football with his nephew on the front lawn, when a group of men drove up in a blue-green Chevrolet Biscayne and forced him into the car. As they drove off, the nep