MONTREAL: A report of a possible hostage-taking at the Montreal offices of French video game company Ubisoft that brought out a massive police response on Nov 13 was being investigated as a hoax, local media said.
Canadian broadcasters TVA and Radio-Canada cited unnamed police sources saying what had originally been reported as a hostage situation ultimately turned out to be a prank call from someone inside the building who’d demanded a ransom.
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