Montreal Gazette
🏢 Postmedia
📍 QC
May 17, 2026
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Montreal police vehicle set on fire near SPVM headquarters
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Article Excerpt
MONTREAL NEWS
Montreal police vehicle set on fire near SPVM headquarters
The incident occurred early Sunday. Incendiary material was found at the scene.
(Allen McInnis / Montreal Gazette files)
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Montreal Gazette
May 17, 2026 at 1:54 p.m.
Last Updated: May 17, 2026 at 1:56 p.m.
A Montreal police patrol car burned early Sunday, the SPVM said, in what the force believes was an arson attack.
Several 911 calls alerted officers to the incident around 12:30 a.m., Montreal police spokesperson Johany Charland said, leading them to discover a police SUV on fire on St-Urbain St. near de Maisonneuve…
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