Major police operation underway near Ubisoft building in Montreal's Mile End [View all]

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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