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Explosion disrupts Marois speech after minority victory

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Police cordon off the rear outside an auditorium where a gunman shot and killed at least one person during the PQ victory rally Wednesday, September 5, 2012 in Montreal. Guards whisked PQ leader Pauline Marois off the stage as handlers informed the partisan crowd there had been an explosive noise and they needed to clear the auditorium. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

MONTREAL – An election victory by the Parti Quebecois was marred by a security incident as premier-in-waiting Pauline Marois was delivering her victory speech Tuesday.

Guards whisked the leader off the stage as handlers informed the partisan crowd there had been an explosive noise and they needed to clear the auditorium.

Television images showed a man being wrestled to the ground by police outside. There was a fire in back of the building where the PQ faithful were assembled.

Dressed in a housecoat, the man shouted out a fewphrases to the media as he was dragged into a police car.

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