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Montreal Metro Shut Down By Pepper Spray Attack

The suspect is still at large.
Montreal Metro Shut Down By Pepper Spray Attack
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Early this morning 3 metro lines had to be shut down and the Berri-UQAM station had to be evacuated. 

At 6:50 am, a man in his 40's walked into one of the metro wagons, attacked the passengers with pepper spray and ran away. 

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According to reports, people were choking inside the metro apparently the man still hasn't been caught.

The service was interrupted on the Orange, Green and Yellow lines for nearly a half hour while the Berri station was being aired out. 

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