Masked men release unknown substance in GTA theaters, prompting evacuations
Masked men release unknown substance in GTA theaters, prompting evacuations
Toronto: Several moviegoers in three different Greater Toronto Area regions in Canada were evacuated and some were treated for exposure to an unknown substance sprayed by masked men in theatres playing Hindi movies earlier this week, according to police and media reports.
One such incident happened around 9:20 p.m. on Tuesday at a cinema complex in Vaughan, York Regional Police said in a statement on Wednesday.
Numerous movie-goers started coughing after two men in masks and hoods sprayed an “unknown, aerosol-based, irritating substance into the air” in a theatre, the police said.
Around 200 people were inside when a Hindi film was playing at the time, according to police.
Several people were treated for exposure to the substance and the theatre had to be evacuated, the police said.
No serious injuries were reported. The suspects however fled before the police arrived, investigators said.
Police said the first suspect was a Black man with a light skin tone while the second man was described as brown with a light skin tone. York police said they were liaising with both Peel and Toronto police about similar incidents that happened this week, Media reported.
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