06 October 2024,   20:41
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Police called in as protesters surround Canada’s Trudeau over Gaza conflict

About 100 officers were dispatched to a restaurant where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was dining after about 250 pro-Palestinian protesters surrounded the eatery, Vancouver police reported.

Two men were arrested – one for allegedly assaulting a police officer and the other for obstruction - as protesters jeered Trudeau, waved Palestinian flags and demanded the prime minister call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.

Police successfully extricated Trudeau from the restaurant around 10 pm local time and he was not injured.

But Palestinian protesters were not the only ones to serve up a dish of flak to Trudeau as he took several bites Wednesday from the Israeli side, too.

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