Montreal Stock Exchange bombing

On February 13, 1969, a powerful bomb was detonated inside the Montreal Stock Exchange building in Quebec, Canada, causing the injuries of 27 people and massive damage.[1] It was planted by the separatist Quebec Liberation Front (FLQ) and came amid a time of escalating attacks by the group. The bombing caused nearly a million dollars of property damage[2] and blew the building's northeast wall.[3] The explosion happened some 40 minutes before the end of trading.[4]

The attack was one of the FLQ's biggest in its bombing campaign, and was the culmination before the October Crisis of 1970.[5]

References
  1. "This day in Montreal: Wilbert Coffin's execution, FLQ bombing - CBC News".
  2. Palmer, Bryan D. (26 July 2018). "Canada's 1960s: The Ironies of Identity in a Rebellious Era". University of Toronto Press – via Google Books.
  3. "MONTREAL STOCK EXCHANGE BOMBING - 1969 - Stock Footage". www.efootage.com.
  4. "Bomb Explodes in Montreal Stock Exchange, Wounding Many".
  5. "What Was the October Crisis?".

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