Calgary police have established a task force Tuesday after what they’re calling the largest violent event to happen in the city in recent memory.
Police chief says there was extensive property damage to cars, businesses not involved in conflictPolice are shown at what they called a "violent conflict" in northeast Calgary Saturday evening.
'Violent conflict' in Calgary involving 150 people may be linked to clashes within Eritrean community: police Twelve people were taken to hospital at the time of the incident and all have since been released. Neufeld said there were no bystanders taken to hospital. "There were individuals who owned cars that were parked in the area and there were local businesses, small businesses."
Awet Weldemichael, a professor at Queen's University who studies nationalist movements, peace, conflict and other issues relevant to Africa, told CBC that what happened in Calgary and elsewhere is a "troubling phenomenon for Eritreans and the diaspora and Eritrean Canadians in particular."
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