Shocking News: Parti Quebecois Leader Pauline Marois Escapes Violence After Winning Quebec Election One Person Is Dead!!!

Graeme Hamilton | Sep 5, 2012 12:15 AM ET | Last Updated: Sep 5, 2012 1:19 AM ET
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THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul ChiassonMembers of the Surete du Quebec escort Parti Quebecois Leader Pauline Marois after she returned to the stage in Montreal Wednesday.

• A man in his 50s was arrested behind the downtown Metropolis theatre, where asmall fire was also set but quickly extinguished.

Television reports showed the suspect being led to a cruiser and shouting in French, “The English are waking up” and in English, “payback.” He was wearing a balaclava and appeared unbalanced. Police investigators could be seen handling a rifle found on the scene.

“We don’t know the reasons behind this event,” Montreal police spokesman Danny Richer told reporters, saying investigators would meet with the suspect. He did not say who the shooting victims were.

PQ officials initially attributed the incident to a smoke bomb, and Ms. Maroiseventually returned to continue her speech.
The attack came shortly after Ms. Marois, who was elected Premier by a narrow margin, had stoked the crowd with talk of achieving sovereignty. “We want a country, and we will have it” she said to cheers.

With files from National Post staff