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
- ^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/this-day-in-montreal-feb-7-1.3457179
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=EJoIhqa2zBkC&pg=PA352&lpg=PA352&dq=montreal+stock+exchange+bomb+1969&source=bl&ots=NqeTtM8Es-&sig=VVm5Ry5IXwcoYfmg3qzJR2Wz_YQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiUrJL04rzcAhWGIcAKHdF0Ap84ChDoATABegQIABAB#v=onepage&q=montreal%20stock%20exchange%20bomb%201969&f=false
- ^ https://www.efootage.com/stock-footage/41847/Montreal_Stock_Exchange_Bombing_-_1969/
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1969/02/14/archives/bomb-explodes-in-montreal-stock-exchange-wounding-many.html
- ^ https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-was-the-october-crisis.html