O Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is running for a third term in this month’s snap elections, was targeted by a protester who threw stones at him during a campaign rally.
The incident took place on Monday (6), when the leader of the Liberal Party left a political event at a brewery in London, a town southwest of Toronto in the province of Ontario.
Someone in the crowd threw what appeared to be a handful of gravel at the Prime Minister, according to TV footage.
Trudeau, members of his security team and journalists were reportedly shot dead, but no one was injured.
The incident prompted the conviction of Trudeau’s main rival, Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, and New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh.
Trudeau – whose popularity has plummeted in the polls and is now technically tied with O’Toole – recently faced what he described as “anti-vaccine mobs” angry at his handling of the disease. covid-19 pandemic.
Last week he was forced to quash an act on security grounds.
“Yes, there is a little fringe element in this country who is angry, who doesn’t believe in science, who attacks with racist and misogynistic attacks,” Trudeau said at a campaign rally.
“But Canadians, the vast majority of Canadians, are not represented by them, and I know they won’t allow these voices, these special interest groups, these protesters – I don’t even want to call them protesters. , these crowd anti-vaccines – dictate the form in which this country has to overcome this pandemic, ”he added.
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