Petition Dept: "There is stress in the community," said Mahamad Accord of the Edmonton's Somali Community Centre, who brought the petition to Calgary. "When there is stress in the community, it shows in the most vulnerable part of our community. Right now, it's the youth.", according to CBC. "It makes me sad because they are the future of this nation as well as the Somali community," said Mohamed Barray, who signed the petition and members of Alberta's Somali community met in Calgary Wednesday to circulate a petition demanding the province set up a task force to tackle violent crimes against Somali-Canadian youth. Accord said 23 Somali-Canadians have been killed in Alberta over the last five years, but suspects that number could be as high as 30. As
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