Canada: IID Thrown at Educational Center

Submitted by Mahtab7 on Tue, 02/07/2023 - 14:13
TRIPwire, 7 February 2023 On 6 February 2023, at approximately 0000 hours local time, Montreal police (SPVM) and firefighters responded after an improvised incendiary device (IID), described as a Molotov cocktail, was thrown at an educational center on Saint-Charles Boulevard, breaking a front window, and starting a fire. No further device details have been released. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and found remnants of an IID inside the center. No injuries were reported, and the building sustained minor damage. The incident remains under investigation.

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