Incident Date:
February 13, 1969 14:28
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators: Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Time Fuse)
Organization Type: Separatist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Bank/Commerce)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 27 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "02/13/1969: A left-wing Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) network carried out the most spectacular of all FLQ bombings when a timebomb, comprising at least six sticks of dynamite and two of Pento-mex, exploded in the Montreal Stock Exchange at the height of trading shortly before 2:48 p.m., only three minutes after a telephone warning. Despite the warning, the building area was not evacuated. Out of some 300 persons present, 27 were injured, three of them seriously, and $1 million damage done. The visitors' gallery and trading floor were wrecked. The FLQ issued a communique which stated that its intention was to strike a ""telling blow at the heart of the capitalist system."" A leading FLQ bomber pleaded guilty on this count."
References: 1) "Kellett, A., Beanlands, B., Deacon, J., Jeffrey, H., & Lapalme, C. (1991). Terrorism in Canada 1960-1989, User Report no. 1990-16. Ottawa: Solicitor General Canada, National Security Coordination Centre, Police and Security Branch. p. 261."
2) "Ross, Jeffrey I. (1992). ATIC IV: Chronology of Domestic and International Terrorist Events in Canada, 1960-1990. Montreal, Qc: International Centre for Comparative Criminology. p. 57"
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