Does anyone know of a bomb threat that occured in a Montreal bank in 2007 or 2006?It may have been in 2005, but it caused the neighboring residences to evacuate. It apparently was a Dejardin's bank, or some sort of people's bank. Do you know what bank or where in Montreal this may have occured? | |
Bomb hoax at PVM causes downtown traffic chaos
June 15, 2007
http://canada.com/montrealgazette/ne...
The ground floor and the two mezzanine levels of the 1 Place Ville Marie office complex in the heart of Montreal’s downtown were evacuated about 3:25 p.m. – and traffic chaos followed – because of a bomb threat.
It turned out that there were no explosive materials in the package, but police were not taking any chances.
At 3:19 p.m. a man entered the Royal Bank of Canada’s ground-floor personal financial centre with a bag in his hand and declared a holdup, said Constable Lynne Labelle of Montreal police. He told the bank staff he had a bomb in the bag.
An employee recognized his face from photographs of known bank robbers posted in the branch and called 911.
When he didn’t get any money the man put the bag down on the floor walked out. The alleged bomb was in “a box in a sports bag,” Labelle added.
Police were on the scene in two minutes and the man was apprehended by officers “as he was leaving the building,” said Raymond Chouinard, a Royal Bank spokesperson.
