Montreal Stock Exchange bombing | |
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Part of Quebec sovereignty movement | |
Exterior of the former
Montreal Stock Exchange building | |
Location |
Montreal Stock Exchange Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Coordinates | 45°30′12.3″N 73°33′23.3″W / 45.503417°N 73.556472°W |
Date | February 13, 1969 15:20 EST ( UTC-05:00) |
Attack type | Bombing |
Deaths | None |
Injured | 27 |
Perpetrators | Front de libération du Québec |
The Montreal Stock Exchange bombing was a domestic terrorist bombing of the Montreal Stock Exchange building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Thursday, February 13, 1969. [1] Perpetrated by the separatist Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), the bombing happened some 40 minutes before the end of trading, injuring 27 people. [2] The blast destroyed a large portion of the trading floor, visitor gallery, [1] and the building's northeast wall, [3] causing nearly $1 million worth of property damage. [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]