Nine people face charges over a series of violent crimes committed in the West Island last summer as two rival street gangs clashed over drug trafficking turf.
Three of the nine were already behind bars yesterday as Montreal police conducted the second phase of Project Ondée, focusing on last year’s violence in the West Island.
Among those in custody is Jonathan Klor, 22, of Pierrefonds, who faces three counts of attempted murder, and charges of conspiracy to commit murder and living off the avails of prostitution. This is in addition to weapons offences with which he was charged in August.
Five other men were arrested yesterday. Another was still being sought late in the day.
Klor already has a criminal record that includes a conviction for a kidnapping in the West Island in 2007. According to a recent parole decision, Klor was identified as a member of a Montreal street gang referred to as the Dipset.

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