Details still coming in.
Update #2: Journal De Montreal is now reporting that the hostage situation call was a hoax from inside the building.
What looked like a hostage-taking at Ubisoft’s Montreal offices on Friday afternoon turned out to be a hoax by someone who alerted emergency services from inside the facility.
Update: It looks like people are now coming out of the building.
The Montreal police just sent out a statement saying their operation continues but “no threat has been identified.”
People are starting to come out of the Ubisoft building now.
— Les Perreaux (@perreaux) November 13, 2020
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Original Story: The Journal De Montreal is reporting that ‘dozens’ of people are being held hostage in the Ubisoft Montreal building on the corner of Saint-Laurent and St-Viateur. The exact details on the situation are unknown and unfolding as this is published, however outlet La Presse has reported it as a commercial robbery according to the local police department.
They report;
“We received a call for robbery at a commercial premises. At the moment, we are in the verification stage” said the spokesperson for the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM), Véronique Comtois, without wanting to go any further.
BREAKING: There is a reported hostage situation at Ubisoft Montreal.
“Dozens” of people are allegedly being held in the Ubisoft building on Saint Laurent.
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— DEXERTO.COM (@Dexerto) November 13, 2020
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Montreal police advised people to avoid the area.
There is an ongoing police operation at the corner of Saint-Laurent and St-Viateur. We ask people to avoid the area. The #SPVM is currently validating information and more details will follow. pic.twitter.com/44PjWzsCOh
— Police Montréal (@SPVM) November 13, 2020
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Developer Rami Ismail posted to Twitter to remind people that DM’ing Ubisoft Montreal staff is inadvisable, unhelpful, and may in fact endanger them further.
Keep in mind that:
– Details are unclear for now, we don’t currently know what’s up, just that something is up.
– If this is indeed a hostage situation as unconfirmed rumours suggest, DM’ing folks there does not help them get out of this safely. It might endanger them.— Rami Ismail (????) (@tha_rami) November 13, 2020
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Mark Kern echoed the statements requesting people do not call or text Ubisoft employees who may be in the building.
Police have requested the no one text or call any Ubisoft employees in case they might be hiding and want to avoid noise…
That’s not good.
— Grummz (@Grummz) November 13, 2020
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We will continue updating this story as it unfolds. Our thoughts go out to those in the building and we are hoping for the safest possible outcome for the staff as well as the emergency responders currently on location.
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