The SQ and the SPVM blamed for the “significant security breach” that led to the attack in Metropolis

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Metropolis attack | The police blamed by the Court

A “significant flaw” in the security plan of the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) and the Sûté du Québec (SQ) allowed Richard Henry Bain to commit the Métropolis attack on the evening of the Parti Québécois election in 2012. This attack, unprecedented in the modern history of Quebec, could have been easily avoided with a better police plan, concludes the Superior Court, which awarded $292,000 to four survivors whose lawsuit helpe…