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Excellente photo du collègue Toma Iczkovits lors de la #manifencours de ce soir à Montréal-Nord. https://t.co/ZMVg99Cfhr —

Maxime Deland (@MaxDelandQMI) April 07, 2016

A celebration into the life of Fredy Villanueva began peacefully Wednesday evening but degenerated as the night wore on, according to Montreal police.

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The demonstration with about 70 people gathered in a Montreal North park to commemorate the birthday of Villanueva, who was shot dead by police in 2008 and to denounce the death on Monday of Jean-Pierre Bony, who died after being hit in the head with a rubber bullet fired by police. At the height of Wednesday’s rally, 200 people were involved.

A small group of protesters broke away from the peaceful demonstration around 9 p.m. to vandalize a financial institution and police station, police say. Police say they went on to damage patrol cars. Throughout the night, one citizen was wounded, half a dozen shops were vandalized and several cars torched, media reports say.

Police told LCN the people who vandalized buildings and cars were not the same people who demonstrated peacefully earlier in the night.