The Quebec City Police Service (SPVQ) is currently investigating a Molotov cocktail that was thrown at an HLM building on Conway Avenue in the Limoilou neighborhood of Quebec this morning.
“The call came in at around 9:20 a.m. It is in fact an object with accelerating liquid thrown into a window […] The window did not shatter on impact […] The object caught fire on the ground and went out by itself,” confirms David Pelletier, spokesman for the SPVQ.
A local resident told the Journal that he saw three people park on a street behind the building before getting out of the vehicle and walking back and forth between the car and the target building. The men wore hoods and, he said, seemed pretty pissed off.
security cameras
The SPVQ dispatched several police officers to the crime scene. Forensic identification technicians were also requested on site.
Part of the building was protected by a security perimeter. Traces of soot, possibly caused by the Molotov cocktail, were also visible on the edge of the targeted window.
Investigators interviewed residents of the area and were able to view at least two videotapes captured by surveillance cameras, including one where they are said to have seen the suspects’ vehicle.
Other arson
Last night just after midnight, still in Limoilou, the emergency services were called to intervene for a burning car in the car park of a residential building on Rue Charland.
Firefighters managed to get the fire under control, but the fire department turned the investigation over to the police, having reason to believe it was an arson attack.
The authorities do not rule out that an accelerant was involved in starting the fire, but in this specific case they cannot comment on the possible use of a Molotov cocktail.
The SPVQ also cannot confirm whether the events on Conway Avenue and Charland Street are related, but the investigation is ongoing.
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