Université : affrontements à Montréal – 25 avril 2012

Montreal student demonstration turns violent.. Protesters smash bank windows, set car on fire

CBC News

 Apr 26, 2012

Police declared the demonstration illegal Wednesday night after property was damaged along the route. (CBC)

Demonstrators and police clashed in downtown Montreal Wednesday after student group leaders abandoned talks with Quebec’s education minister aimed at resolving an impasse over the government’s proposed tuition hikes.

More than 10,000 students marched in the city’s core after leaving Parc Emilie-Gamelin, where a demonstration began at 8:30 p.m. Police declared the protest illegal just before 10:30 p.m. and used stun grenades and chemical irritants to disperse the demonstrators.

According to the Montreal police Twitter account, protesters also set fire to a car at the corner of Stanley and Ste-Catherine streets.

Police said cars have been splashed with red paint during the demonstration, and protesters threw rocks at banks along their route, smashing windows at at least five banks. Read more…

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~ par Alain Bertho sur 26 avril 2012.

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