On Friday afternoon there was a huge fight involving around 200 people directly in front of a high school in Brossard in the Longueuil region.
In the afternoon, the authorities still did not know the reasons that led all these students to take part in this brawl that took place in front of the Antoine Brossard school on Boulevard de Rome.
According to the preliminary assessment of the incident, five young people were molested after being “sprayed with a substance”, the nature of which is still unclear. According to our information, everything indicates that it was not cayenne pepper.
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One of the five victims had to be transported to the hospital as a precaution.
Screenshot of the video received from TVA Nouvelles
As is often the case with events of this kind, the confrontation was filmed by students on site and the video was then shared on various social networks.
In the pictures we see a huge crowd of young people; Some shout, others are more passive, while a small group actively participates in the fight.
In the middle of the fight, someone’s hair appears to be being pulled. The scene is chaotic.
Screenshot of the video received from TVA Nouvelles
Numerous police officers were on site to ensure calm. In the afternoon, authorities were scheduled to meet with several witnesses from the crime scene to try to clarify the circumstances of this altercation and the reasons behind it.
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This is the third violent event since the beginning of the week at a school or near an educational institution in the Greater Montreal area.
On Tuesday, a student at Mont-Bruno Secondary School in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville was forced to kneel before being brutally beaten by another student. There were four arrests in this case.
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On Thursday, a 65-year-old teacher was thrown with a chair, pulled by her hair and beaten at a school in the Auteuil district of Laval.