I n Canada, riot police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of students protesting outside a government building in central Montreal.
At least two demonstrators and two officers were injured in the violence and seventeen people were arrested. Students are angry at a planned 75 percent rise in tuition fees.
Students tear-gassed in clashes with police in Canada
They’ve been demonstrating almost daily since declaring a boycott on classes over two months ago, with the government refusing to back down. Citizen journalist Bernard Desgagne says that the situation is getting more violent and that the police reaction towards protesters is too brutal.
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