Toronto Muslim gang charged with first degree murder

The Dixon Road Bloods are back. Or, more accurately, they probably never left. The street gang that police say terrorized a north Etobicoke community a few years ago is now at the centre of a murder investigation, investigators allege. Six purported members were arrested in Thursday morning raids in Toronto and charged with first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the homicide of Malcolm Marfo, 22. The accused are: Lioban Hussein, alias Chunky, age 21; Mohamed Omar, 26; Saieed Hagi, 20; Sharmarke Farah, 18; Ali Mohamed Isse, 21; and a young offender who cannot be identified. A seventh man, 21-year-old Hanad Farah, is also wanted for the slaying of Mr. Marfo, which occurred “minutes after the police had cleared the crime scene” of another shooting, on March 17, said Homicide Squad Staff Inspector Greg McLane. The first shooting, shortly after 3 p.m. at a building at 2063 Islington Avenue, wounded Ahmed Siyad, whose brother, Liban Siyad, was one of the men accused of peddling a video apparently showing then mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine. Police discovered the video during massive raids on the Dixon City Bloods, also known as the Dixon Road Bloods, in a 2013 operation known as Project Traveller. It dealt a “significant” blow, but evidently the alleged gang was not eradicated. “At times, we have people who want to step up and fill a void. That is what I think is going on here,” said Insp. McLane, who would not say if the accused had been arrested as part of Project Traveller. He also wouldn’t go so far as to say the gang is flourishing. “In my experience this is a vicious circle and this will continue.”