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Montreal resto-bar among targets in 2 suspected overnight arsons: police

A Montreal police vehicle is seen in Montreal, Aug. 29, 2024. T. HE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Montreal police say they’re investigating two suspected arsons that saw a resto-bar and a mixed residential-commercial building charred.

According to police, a downtown resto-bar on Crescent Street near Sainte-Catherine Street was left charred early Tuesday morning after a Molotov cocktail was smashed through its front window.

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Suspects were seen fleeing the scene shortly after 3 a.m.

The incident follows a separate fire at a mixed commercial-residential building in the Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie borough at around midnight.

Police said no injuries were reported in either case.

The cases are being investigated by the police’s arson squad as criminal acts.

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