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Violence erupts in Montreal as mafia boss Vito Rizzuto returns

Canadian city sees series of murders, with more expected, after the release of a mafia boss from jail sets off an underworld power struggle

Nicolo Rizzuto, the father of Vito Rizzuto, was shot dead in 2010 during Vito's incarceration. Photo: AP

The killings of two close associates of a jailed mobster 11 weeks apart confirmed Montreal's fears that the return of a reputed mafia don has unleashed an underworld power struggle and settling of scores.

The men killed were mobster Raynald Desjardins' associates, and the returned don, fresh out of a US prison, is Vito Rizzuto.