Canadian police attack students in anti-austerity rally

‘Police have attacked thousands of student demonstrators protesting against education cuts in the Canadian province of Quebec.

Thousands of students took to the streets of Montreal, the largest city of Quebec, on Tuesday to protest against sweeping education cuts.

College and university students gathered in Phillips Square where they began their march through downtown streets, media reports say.

Security forces in riot gear fired rubber bullets, smoke grenades and sound bombs to break up the march. The students were protesting Quebec’s cuts to social services.’

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