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Windows smashed, man arrested at McGill pro-Palestinian protest, police say
Riot police used chemical irritants to disperse a crowd reacting to the dismantling of the Victoria Square encampment
Montreal riot police used chemical irritants to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters at McGill University on Friday night after some demonstrators smashed windows, police said.
One person was arrested and two officers suffered minor injuries, said Montreal police spokesperson Caroline Chèvrefils.
The protest was organized by groups supporting the ongoing pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill, in response to the dismantling of a similar camp at Victoria Square earlier Friday.
“Fuck the dismantling, globalize the intifada,” the groups, including the McGill chapter of Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, said in a social media post ahead of the march that began near Victoria Square at 8 p.m.
The protesters walked to McGill and at one point placed obstructions in the street to block police, Chèvrefils said.
“At around 9:15 p.m., a demonstrator smashed a shop window, and the protesters then moved on to smash windows in a McGill administration building,” she said.
“Following the demonstrators’ hostile attitude toward the police, (officers) began dispersal maneuvers, using chemical irritants.”
