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Riots In Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2003

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 14, 2003 According to its publicist's Web site, the Exploited, a Scottish punk band, has been tear-gassed by the German police, banned from the Netherlands and ''caused more carnage than a multicar pileup'' during its 24-year career. But a few days ago the Exploited and another punk band, Total Chaos, were thwarted by no less a force than Canadian customs officials, who refused the bands entry to Canada from the United States on the grounds that some members had criminal records while others had lied to customs. But when that news was announced to a Tuesday night crowd waiting for the bands' show in front of the Medley, a club in downtown Montreal, fans funneled their anger at the show's cancellation into creating a multicar pileup of their own, starting the most violent riot this city has seen since the Canadiens won the Stanley Cup in 1993. According to police officials and witnesses, several dozen rioters destroyed or damaged 42 cars, smashed the windows of nearly a dozen nearby businesses and looted a record store around the corner. Police officers in riot gear tried to control the crowd, but not before images of overturned cars engulfed in flames were televised across the country. Eight people were arrested, and six people -- including four police officers -- were treated for minor injuries.