Last Updated: November 16, 2023, 07:24 IST
Police mentioned that 100 officers assisted in controlling and dispersing the gang, whereas the prime minister Justin Trudeau was escorted out of the restaurant.
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A crowd of about 250 pro-Palestinian supporters waving flags and chanting for a ceasefire within the Israel-Hamas warfare surrounded the venue within the metropolis’s Chinatown
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday was escorted to security as police broke up a pro-Palestinian protest outdoors a restaurant in Vancouver’s Chinatown the place he was eating, native media stories mentioned.
Dozens of pro-Palestinian supporters, waving flags and chanting for a ceasefire within the Israel-Hamas warfare, surrounded the venue within the metropolis on Tuesday night. Some protestors have been heard shouting slogans like ‘You have blood on your hand,” and “ceasefire now.”
“Shame on you! You have blood on your hands!”Activists disrupt Justin Trudeau while he wines and dines in Vancouver, demanding that he calls for a ceasefire right now in Gaza.pic.twitter.com/N7rKIT7f0a
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In a statement, Police said that 100 officers “assisted in controlling and dispersing the crowd, while the prime minister was escorted out of the restaurant.” One man was arrested for obstruction while another was held for assaulting an officer who was punched in the face and had her eyes gouged.
During the news conference, Vancouver police Sergeant Steve Addison said that “the actions of the protestors, such as blocking the lane behind the restaurant caused a concern.” “A 27-year-old man was arrested last night for assaulting a police officer, after approximately 250 protestors surrounded a restaurant on Main Street where the Prime Minister was dining. A second man was arrested for obstruction,” the Vancouver police said.
#VPDNews: Here’s some video clips of Sgt Steve Addison offering an replace to the media at the moment in regards to the man arrested final evening for assaulting a police officer throughout a protest that surrounded a restaurant in Chinatown the place the Prime Minister was eating final evening. pic.twitter.com/gD16nWmxK3— Vancouver Police (@VancouverPD) November 15, 2023
Earlier, Trudeau was heckled at one other restaurant owned by movie star chef Vikram Vij in a special a part of the Pacific coast metropolis. Videos proven by native media confirmed a handful of protestors getting into Vij’s restaurant and shouting on the prime minister to demand a ceasefire in Gaza.
On Tuesday, Trudeau raised issues in regards to the killing “of women, of children, of babies” within the Israel-Hamas warfare, sparking a robust rebuke from Israeli chief Benjamin Netanyahu. Canada has maintained that Israel has the suitable to defend itself in opposition to Hamas after final month’s assault killed 1,200 individuals. However, just like the US and different allies, it has expressed rising concern over the loss of life toll within the enclave, the place native well being officers say 11,000 individuals have been killed.
(With company inputs)
