A shopping centre has been criticised for playing the popular kids’ song Baby Shark to deter homeless people from loitering in its stairwells. The song is played on loop at various speeds in emergency stairwells at Complexe Desjardins – which also houses office space -in downtown Montreal in Canada.

Sam Watts, CEO of Welcome Hall Mission, says the "cruel and unusual" tactic by the mall displaces the problem of homelessness rather than address it.

People are blasting a Canadian shopping mall for playing the song "Baby Shark" on loop to discourage homeless loitering, calling it "cruel and unusual."

A Montreal shopping mall is under fire for playing ‘Baby Shark’ on repeat to prevent homeless people from loitering in stairwells.

The Complexe Desjardins in Montreal, Canada, plays the viral song in stairwells to deter homeless people from hanging around.

A shopping centre has been criticised for playing the popular kids’ song Baby Shark to deter homeless people from loitering in its stairwells. The song is played on loop at various speeds in emergency stairwells at Complexe Desjardins – which also houses office space -in downtown Montreal in Canada.

The Complexe Desjardins in Montreal, Quebec, began playing Baby Shark at varying speeds to act as a deterrent for loitering. But the method has been branded 'cruel and unusual'