BREAKING: Hostage situation underway at the Montreal offices of video game developer Ubisoft.
🔸A police operation is underway in Montreal, Canada.
🔸Journal de Montreal is reporting that a possible hostage situation involving dozens of people is ongoing in the Ubisoft building
Atleast 50 people by my estimation are being held hostage on the roof of the Ubisoft building on St. Laurent near St. Viateur.
The possibly armed suspect is barricaded in a Ubisoft office building that also has apartments. Additional ambulances arriving on scene and tactical police appear to be positioning themselves to make an entry.
Individuals on the rooftop are allegedly barricading to stay safe from the situation.SPVM armoured personnel carrier on location.
SPVM Groupe d’Intervention personnel bus arriving on location. This carries their riot and crowd control officers as well. Heavily-armed SPVM tactical offices move into position and prepare to enter the building.
Additional units from the SPVM Groupe d’Intervention arrive on location.
