Members of Montreal’s Maghrebi community are gathering in a city park to sound the alarm about what they call the “scourge” of street gangs recruiting youth to carry out criminal acts. Event organizer Hadjira Belkacem says parents need to come together to reclaim their children from gangs and demand authorities investigate how kids are falling prey to the alleged recruitment.
Montreal ’s Maghrebi community is gathering in a city park this afternoon to sound the alarm about what they call the"scourge" of street gangs and organized crime recruiting youth to carry out criminal acts. A Surete du Quebec police logo is reflected on a vehicle in Montreal , Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024.
Today's gathering of people with roots in northern Africa follows several recent incidents in the province, including the death of a 14-year-old boy of Algerian descent who media reports say was found near a Hells Angels-linked bunker in Frampton, Que., about 50 kilometres southeast of Quebec City. “Unfortunately, there have been many deaths of young people in our community,” Belkacem said, adding that Quebecers of Algerian and Moroccan descent have been especially affected.
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