MONTREAL, May 19 (UPI) -- A protest of an estimated 8,000 over Montreal's emergency law against wearing masks turned ugly when Molotov cocktails were fired at police
After being pelted with projectiles, police posted to their Twitter feed around 10 p.m. Friday: "Criminal acts were committed. [The protest] has been declared illegal. We asked people to disperse immediately."
CBC News reported the protest was peaceful in its first hour, monitored by police. Participants covered their faces with gas masks, scarves or simply dressed in black. However, after that, protesters began breaking windows.
QMI Agency reported shortly after 9 p.m. police had arrested one person for allegedly assaulting an officer. By the end of the night, police had four people in custody.
The emergency law, prohibiting the wearing of masks during a demonstration, went into effect Saturday as a response to months of student protests over the province's tuition talks.
