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mar 3, 1969 - Pierre-Paul Geoffroy Arrested for Bombings

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Pierre-Paul Geoffroy Arrested for Bombings

Pierre-Paul Geoffroy is arrested at his apartment in downtown Montreal. He has 161 sticks of dynamite and 35 cylinders of Pento-Mex, an industrial explosive. Geoffroy eventually pleads guilty to 31 FLQ bombings between May 1968 and March 1969, including the explosion at the Montreal Stock Exchange. Faced with 129 charges, he receives 124 life sentences plus 25 years — the longest prison sentence ever levied in the British Commonwealth.

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mar 3, 1969
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~ 56 years ago