A cinema in Dollard-des-Ormeaux had to be evacuated on Friday evening because many people there were troubled by what appeared to be cayenne pepper.
According to Véronique Dubuc, spokeswoman for the City of Montreal Police Department, several people made 911 calls around 8:15 p.m. at a movie theater located at the corner of Brunswick and Sources boulevards that people were contaminated with cayenne pepper. SPVM).
“911 firefighters, police and paramedics were deployed. When the authorities arrived, the vulnerable people were already evacuated outside the premises,” he said.
A significant number of customers found their popcorn garland ruined and had to evacuate the premises.
However, only “a few” had cayenne pepper-related symptoms, Ms. Tupac says.
None of them were seriously injured.
The Montreal Fire Department (SIM) is conducting on-site checks to understand what material was sprayed.
The SPVM currently does not know in what context the substance may have been sprayed and has not arrested any suspects.
“We are already taking investigative steps, such as talking to witnesses and checking security cameras to identify suspects,” concludes Ms. Dubak.
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