Ottawa |The curtain center, less than 1 km from parliament, was evacuated in panic two days after the lifting of the seat.
Photo Agence QMI, Raphaël Pirro"It happened so quickly," says Dean, a client met in front of the closed doors of the most popular shopping in the city.
The police operation that has been underway since lunchtime in the curtain center is now over.The shopping center is reopened.A person has been arrested and the investigation continues.https: // t.CO/ZSEBAQC9AY
— Olivier Ferron-Boissé (@OBoisse) February 22, 2022« J’étais dans la file pour entrer au gym lorsque quelqu’un a crié qu’il y avait quelqu’un avec un fusil à l’intérieur du H&M.Everyone started screaming and running, "he said.
One Person is in Custody, The Police Operation in Ongoing.
Une personne arrêtée, l'opération policière continue.https: // t.CO/HU4MGJCUKN
Ottawa police said on Twitter that a call for a display flight with a "possible weapon" had forced an intervention.
But she then erased this message in the confusion, before indicating that a person had been arrested and that the investigation continued, without further details.
Photo Agence QMI, Raphaël Pirro
Three police were deployed in a few minutes.All the streets surrounding the curtain center have been completed and heavily armed agents accompanied by dogs took control of the building which houses 175 shops and employs some 1,500 people.
Witnesses say there’s a man with a Gun inside the Center Center.Large Police Presence Outside The Mall.Officers with their Guns Drawn @ctvottawa Pic.twitter.com/4xxrn4dlrx
— Matt Skube (@mattskubeCTV) February 22, 2022The curtain center reopened Tuesday after three weeks of closure.Management, Cadillac Fairview, had made the decision to close the doors on January 29 to protect the staff because the shopping center was taken by storm by the demonstrators.
Some Breaking Ottawa News: I Went to the Rideau Center Mall to Grab Lunch, We Were Just Told to Leave Immondiatelly, Heavavily Armed Ottawa Police have arrived on scene.peak.twitter.com/RSXTUGCHRK
— Gord Miller (@GMillerTSN) February 22, 2022Traumatized residents
Police authorities are still on the alert, because besiegers always promise to come back to settle in the federal capital.And after three weeks of siege, residents are particularly on the edge.
So that Ottawa public health recalled on Tuesday the supply of mental health services, in response to the evacuation of the shopping center.
Photo Agence QMI, Raphaël Pirro"Our community has been hardly tested, not only in the past three weeks, but for more than two years.You may find that events like this (Tuesday) morning disturb you more than before.That's normal, "she said.
