Montreal’s Maghrebi community sounds alarm on deadly gangs recruiting youth

MONTREAL — Members of Montreal’s Maghrebi community are gathering in a city park this afternoon 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.
Belkacem, who heads a group supporting mourning Muslim families in Quebe