Hostages at the Montreal headquarters of the video game company Ubisoft. Several employees managed to escape on the roof of the building.



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A major police operation is underway on St-Laurent Boulevard in the Mile End neighborhood of Montreal, after receiving information about a group of suspects holding hostages in a building complex where the video game company Ubisoft is based in Canada. . potrivit Russia Today.

Dozens of Montreal police officers (SPVM) were spotted in the area Friday afternoon, including what appeared to be a tactical team. There was unconfirmed information in the local media about a request for the hostages’ ransom.

It is unclear how many suspects could be involved or how many hostages they have taken. Several employees managed to escape through the roof of the building, where they closed the door, according to video captured by helicopters, while others remained there and took refuge on a terrace. Others barricaded themselves in a conference room, according to staff who managed to escape.

Ubisoft Montreal was founded in 1997 as the Canadian subsidiary of the French video game giant.

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