Nearly 200 students were detained late Friday during a demonstration marking the first anniversary of massive student protests against tuition increases in Quebec province.
Police spokesman Jean-Bruno Latour said two large groups of students — numbering about 100 people each – had been detained in downtown Montreal.
The demonstrators were calling for the authorities to form a commission to investigate police activities during last year’s unrest.
The 2012 protest involved thousands of people, who eventually succeeded in persuading the Quebec government to cancel the tuition hike.
Nearly 200 detained in student demo in Canada
