A violent assault on the metro on Monday is “terrible,” Valérie Plante told city council on Tuesday, while being reassuring for the safety of Montrealers.
The mayor said her administration and new police chief Fady Dagher are “working very hard” to combat insecurity. “We do things, we do things,” she said. “We have a global vision, we don’t work in silos. »
Ms Plante was being questioned by opposition leader Aref Salem regarding a video posted on social media on Monday. It shows an individual brutally attacking another with his fists in a green line metro car.
“Me, as a Montrealer, today, I’m scared,” Salem said. “For people taking public transit, for my daughter starting to take the bus, I’m scared. […] There are metro stations that look like shooting galleries. »
“We will wish a good recovery to this citizen who was attacked and obviously it is terrible, reacted Mayor Plante. This is not what we want in any way in the metro system or on our streets. »
“The images are blood-curdling. I have enormous empathy for the man who was attacked in such a despicable way. I hope he will recover quickly, without trauma, continued Aref Salem. I can’t imagine this could happen to any of my daughters or any member of my family. »
