Montreal Stock Exchange bombing
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Location45°30′12.3″N 73°33′23.3″W / 45.503417°N 73.556472°W
Montreal Stock Exchange
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Montreal Stock Exchange
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Attack type
BombingDeathsNone
| Montreal Stock Exchange bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of FLQ insurgency | |
 Exterior of the former Montreal Stock Exchange building | |
| Location | 45°30′12.3″N 73°33′23.3″W / 45.503417°N 73.556472°W Montreal Stock Exchange Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| 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 February 13, 1969.[1] Perpetrated by the Quebec separatist Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), the bombing happened approximately 40 minutes before the end of trading. It injured 27 people and destroyed a large portion of the trading floor, visitor gallery, and the building's northeast wall. [1][2] The blast caused nearly $1 million worth of property damage.[3]
The attack was one of the FLQ's biggest in its bombing campaign, and was the culmination before the October Crisis of 1970.[4]
