Montreal Stock Exchange bombing | |
Partof: | Quebec sovereignty movement |
Location: | Montreal Stock Exchange Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Coordinates: | 45.5034°N -73.5565°W |
Time: | 15:20 EST |
Type: | Bombing |
Fatalities: | None |
Injuries: | 27 |
Perps: | 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]