‘It’s Somalis killing each other’: Calgary community leader

CALGARY — The city’s Somali community is seeking answers to a spate of murders among its young men that spiked again in the new year.

The “senseless killings” that now include one man shot to death at a Killarney New Year’s party and another in a Rosedale alley a day later must bring answers, said Mohamed Jama, president of the Somali Canadian Society of Calgary.

“This killing has been going on for too long,” said Jama, who was to meet with the families of those most recently slain.

“It’s Somalis killing each other — it’s very tragic.”

He said the community is worried the two slayings could be followed by more.

“You never know — anything can happen,” he said.

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