Shooting Ignites Riot in Montreal

Shooting Ignites Riot in Montreal AP
MONTREAL (Aug. 11) - A riot broke out and an officer was shot in the leg late Sunday in the Monday neighborhood where a young man was shot and killed by police a day earlier.

Several hundred police officers fanned out trying to track down an undetermined number of youths who began setting fires in the neighborhood before running off.

Firetrucks arriving to fight the blazes in the borough of Montreal North were pelted with beer bottles, while bus shelters were trashed.

People of all ages were seen looting computers, TVs and other items from stores.
Montreal police spokesman Ian Lafreniere said two police officers and an ambulance technician suffered non-life threatening injuries. One of the officers was shot in the leg.

The ambulance technician was hit in the head by a Molotov cocktail that did not ignite.
Police had made some arrests by 3 a.m. Monday but were unable to give many details.
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