The fatal shooting this week of an elite member of the Hells Angels appears to have triggered a new wave of violence in Quebec's biker-gang wars.
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22 April 2000 y., Saturday
With a total of three bikers killed in recent days, expert investigators say there's no way of knowing how far the attacks, and the ensuing retaliation, will extend in the gangs' six-year battle for control of the drug trade. The bloodshed started Monday when Norman Hamel was chased through a parking lot in suburban Laval and killed by two gunshots. Hamel, 44, was a member of the Hells Angels' elite Nomad chapter in Quebec and was said to be close to the gang's reputed head, Maurice (Mom) Boucher. On Wednesday, another biker believed to be associated with the Hells Angels was found dead near a ski center in Piedmont, north of the city. The latest incident was the death Thursday of a 32-year-old man reported to have connections with a biker gang at odds with the Hells.
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