Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Sidhartha Banerjee
Publication Date: October 9, 2024 - 13:42
Gunshots hit Montreal building owned by man with two other properties targeted by arson
October 9, 2024
Montreal police arrested three people, including two teenagers, after gunshots were fired Tuesday night at a building owned by a man with two properties targeted by deadly fires.Police say gunfire hit the building in Old Montreal owned by Emile Benamor, the man who owns two other buildings in the district that were targeted since 2023 by alleged arson, leading to the deaths of nine people.Benamor owns the Notre-Dame Street East building that went up in flames last Friday, claiming the lives of a mother and daughter from France.
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