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A burglar alarm brought police to a restaurant early Monday morning, where they discovered a Molotov cocktail had been thrown through a window.

The call came shortly after 1 a.m. for Restaurant La Cantina at the corner of Legendre St. and St-Laurent Blvd. in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough.

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Firefighters quickly put out the blaze. The arson squad of the Montreal police have been assigned to the case.

This restaurant made the news five years ago when one of the owners, Federico Del Peschio, was shot dead in the parking lot. Del Peschio, 59, was a convicted drug trafficker and former cellmate and friend of Nicolo Rizzuto, Sr.

At the time, La Cantina was the planned location of a $1,000-a-plate Union Montreal fundraiser. The event was cancelled after the killing.

asutherland@montrealgazette.com