WATCH ABOVE: Montreal police are investigating after a businessman was assaulted and his business set on fire Sunday afternoon in T.M.R.
MONTREAL – Police are investigating after a man was assaulted in his business on Sunday afternoon in the Town of Mount-Royal.
According to police, three men approached the business on Côte-de-Liesse around noon and knocked on the door.
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Witnesses say the owner told the group the store was closed.
That is when the three men allegedly barged in and beat the 51-year-old businessman before setting fire to the establishment.
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The victim suffered minor wounds and smoke inhalation.
Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze but the merchandise in the store was heavily damaged by the smoke.
Police say a possible motive for the attack appears to be an unsettled debt.
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