Balloons filled with ‘urine’ hurled at Jewish groups attending Montreal Pride

Members of two Jewish groups were reportedly struck with balloons containing what appeared to be urine at a Pride march in Canada at the weekend.

The suspected attack came after organisers of the Fierté (Pride) Montreal parade announced their intention to ban two Jewish groups from joining the event, citing the event’s "zero-tolerance policy for hate speech and incitement to violence”, before U-turning.

The two groups – Ga’ava, Canada's largest Jewish LGBT+ organisation, and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), the biggest representative body of Canadian Jewry – were reportedly asked not to attend Sunday’s parade, before the decision was reversed.

Police arrested a 35-year-old woman for armed aggression at the event after she allegedly threw a container of liquid at members of the groups, according to local media.