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Major police operation underway near Ubisoft building in Montreal's Mile End
Several police cruisers are on the scene, and TV images show heavily armed officers in the area
CBC News · Posted: Nov 13, 2020 2:28 PM ET | Last Updated: 13 minutes ago
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-police-ubisoft-1.5801236
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Montreal police have set up a perimeter at the corner of St-Laurent and St-Viateur streets. (Ivanoh Demers/Radio-Canada)
A major police operation is underway at one of the Ubisoft buildings on St-Laurent Boulevard in Montreal's Mile End neighbourhood.
Images from the scene show several heavily armed Montreal police officers in the area. Images also show dozens of people on the roof of the red-brick building, and the door opening onto the roof barricaded from the outside with large objects.
Police have set up a perimeter at the corner of St-Laurent Blvd. and St-Viateur Street. Several police cruisers and ambulances are on the scene.
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applegrove
(123,131 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Oh, Deer!
applegrove
(123,131 posts)Vibes. Did not think they were victims. Thought it was a biker club or something that got raided with the bikers trying to avoid being arrested by barricading themselves there.
OneBlueDotBama
(1,432 posts)Big company, big problems with executive sexual assault.
applegrove
(123,131 posts)OneBlueDotBama
(1,432 posts)from Montreal, people still on the roof, people inside the building, are being evacuated onto city buses.
applegrove
(123,131 posts)OneBlueDotBama
(1,432 posts)Montreal police sources have confirmed that a 911 call placed to police that resulted in a major police operation at the Mile End Ubisoft offices was a hoax.
Dozens of police officers were outside one of the buildings used by the tech company at the corner of St-Laurent Boulevard and St-Viateur Street on Friday afternoon, some of them heavily armed. Ambulances were also at the scene.
Specialized tactical officers evacuated the building Friday afternoon. No one was injured, and no threat was detected, police say. They say the operation began in response to a 911 call earlier Friday afternoon.
Dozens of people on the roof of the red-brick building could be seen early in the afternoon, and the door opening onto the roof was barricaded from the outside with large objects.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-police-ubisoft-1.5801236
applegrove
(123,131 posts)Worried2020
(444 posts).
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"The specifics of the hoax remain unclear.
At one point dozens of people were seen after apparently barricading themselves on the roof of the red-brick building. They had blocked the door opening onto the roof with large objects. ""
OKAAAAAAAAAAAAY - I opened the image in another tab/window (much larger)
They are all dressed for outside, so they most likely didn't leave in a hurry . . .
Are they part of the "hoax" or just out for a smoke break?
"apparently barricading themselves on the roof"
I don't see anything indicating that . . .
weird . . .
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