Montreal firebombings linked to organized crime

Montreal firebombings linked to organized crime: "Italian cafés and bars in Montreal continue to be firebombed – with another arson attempt overnight Monday into Tuesday – because one Mafia clan is battling another for distribution turf in the city’s illicit-drug trade, Montreal police said Tuesday.
Any street-gang involvement is low-level, Commander Mario Lamothe added, with street-gang members in some instances simply having been hired by old-style mobsters to hurl flaming Molotov cocktails into business establishments in return for small cash payments or to erase a drug debt.
There have been 19 similar firebombings since August, following an earlier string in late 2009 and into this year."