A 17-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man are in critical condition after tampering with an electric circuit breaker in a vacant building in Montreal.
Montreal Police say they were called to the building on Faillon Street, near Drolet Street in the Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension borough, around 5:20 p.m. Saturday following the sounds of an explosion.
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The two young men were found badly hurt and taken to hospital in critical condition.
A 16-year-old-girl and a 19-year-old man were unhurt and were arrested at the scene for break and enter.
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Police spokesperson Const. Caroline Chèvrefils says the teens allegedly broke into the building intending to steal things inside.
The two suspects who weren’t hurt were released from custody on a promise to appear in court at a later date.
– With files from the Canadian Press
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