Police confirmed deployment and urged people to ‘avoid the area’ in Mile-End neighbourhood

A major police operation was under way in Montreal on Friday afternoon at offices of French video game company Ubisoft that local media reported was a possible hostage-taking.

Police confirmed the large deployment on Twitter had started at about 1.30pm, but offered no details while urging people to “avoid the area” near St-Laurent Boulevard and St-Viateur Street in Montreal’s Mile-End neighbourhood, close to downtown.

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