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Montreal Stock Exchange bombing

1969 terrorist attack in Montreal, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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]

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The attack was one of the FLQ's biggest in its bombing campaign, and was the culmination before the October Crisis of 1970.[4]

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