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Witness History: Montreal's 'Night of Terror'

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Montreal's 'Night of Terror'

08/07/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Montreal's 'Night of Terror'

When the city's police force went on strike there was looting and rioting in the streets.

When the city's police force went on strike over pay in 1969 there was looting and rioting in the streets. But the problems leading to the unrest had been building for a while.

When Montreal's police force went on strike for one day over pay in 1969, there was looting and rioting in the streets. But the city's problems leading to the unrest had been building for more than a decade.  Organised crime, militant separatists and commercial rivalries all erupted on 7th October, just as police officers decided to protest that their pay was much lower than officers in other Canadian cities.  Sidney Margles was a local reporter, and described the scene, and the underlying problems, to Rebecca Kesby.

(PHOTO: The scene at the Murray Hill Limousine garage as rioting left several buses on fire and damage to property, following a police strike in Montreal. Getty Images)

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