Video shows man seemingly unaffected by taser in Laval Metro station

FILE: A direction sign to the subway, locally called the "metro", is seen in Montreal on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

A video of a police intervention in a Laval Metro station has gone viral online, capturing failed attempts to Taser a man on the platform Wednesday afternoon.

"Get on the ground!" an officer is heard yelling at a man, dressed in large boots and a baggy blue coat. "You’re going to get Tasered!"

The man stayed standing, speaking in another language.

The officer then attempted to Taser the man, but the man didn’t visibly react.

Moments later, the officer asked for help from his colleague -- "Do you have another Taser?"

Then, officers appeared to fire another Taser shot, which, again, appears not to affect the man.

Laval police spokesperson Stephanie Beshara says officers were called because the man attacked another person, who was left with minor scratches.

She says the man had a knife in his hands when officers arrived, but that he didn’t use a knife in the alleged attack.

Police then deployed a Taser several times, but it didn’t work because something on the man’s person, potentially a piece of clothing or something inside them, prevented it from working.

Though the man can be heard speaking another language, police say it was not a barrier during the interaction.

The man was taken to hospital and no charges have been laid against him.