Russia Today News - 21 Apr 2012 - click 1
Revoltas e violência irrompem pelo planeta: agora é no Canadá.
What started of as peaceful protests by students in opposition to tuition rate hikes and other issues has erupted into violent riots after crowds were met by police in riot gear attempting to disperse the crowds. When the protestors refused to disperse police began firing tear gas and concussion grenades on the crowd and instead of dispersing the crowds stood their ground. Instead they responded by throwing a “firestorm of rocks and other projectiles” at the police and things quickly became violent. Protestors have torn down police barricades and began damaging property as clash turned in violent fighting with both police and protestors being injured in the melee. Canadian officials are condemning the violence and say that the protestors are now being joined by violent militants.
Riot erupts in Montreal between police and protesters. Law enforcement officers in Montreal, Quebec, Canada fired grenades and tear gas into crowds of protesters on Friday as students demonstrated against tuition hikes in a rally that turned violent. Law enforcement officers in Montreal, Quebec, Canada fired grenades and tear gas into crowds of protesters on Friday as students demonstrated against tuition hikes in a rally that turned violent. A clash between college students protesting the continuously increasing cost of education in Canada and police erupted on the streets of the city center. Hundreds of demonstrators are reported to have rallied in downtown Montreal against tuition hikes, only to be confronted with police in riot gear during the early afternoon.