Montreal police have issued an appeal to the public to help identify a suspect who "allegedly assaulted two people in connection with hate crimes." Both victims are members of the Hasidic community. Exceptionally, the police force (SPVM) has temporarily released images of the suspect and video of one of the assaults. Police plan to unpublish the images and footage after April 24 because it's possible the suspect is a minor.
An 18-year-old student is recovering after an assault inside a school for adults in the borough of Montréal-Nord Tuesday morning. The student was brought to the hospital with what Montreal police spokesperson Véronique Debuc described as a "serious" injury, but medical officials have since confirmed the student's life is not in danger.
A 16-year-old boy is recovering in the hospital after what police say was an armed assault with a blunt object outside a Montreal high school. The incident occurred on rue Pelletier near boulevard Henri-Bourassa at around 4:20 p.m. Monday, when authorities received multiple 911 calls about the injured boy, SPVM spokesperson Julien Lévesque told MTL Blog.
Montreal police say a 21-year-old man assaulted a 10-year-old girl while she was walking down the street with a friend in the Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles borough on Monday, March 14. SPVM spokesperson Raphaël Bergeron said Tuesday that investigators had not yet identified a motive for the assault.The incident occurred on boulevard du Tricentenaire near rue Notre-Dame at around 11:30 a.m. Police say the man approached the girl and began punching and dragging her.