to Montreal now where we are seeing a dramatic spike in the number of murders Canada's second largest city is no stranger to gangs and organized crime but with these latest deaths including a 15-year-old boy police say there are none of those connections Arc bureau chief genena Bima has more from their Montreal balconies several neighbors witnessed three killings over just a few moments murders they fear are a sign of escalating violence I've never seen so much blood mohed Med moed was looking down from the sixth floor everybody was running in some directions so I went inside to call 911 the brawl involving about 15 people broke out early Tuesday evening when it ended three young men had been stabbed to death including a 15-year-old boy a classmate angelik said the school principal broke the news to students he told us he had been killed in a fight she says many of us burst into tears police say the victims are not members of organized crime and they suspect the motive is a personal conflict one of the victims 25-year-old UL Peterson celesten grew up in the building overlooking the crime scene his father says It is incomprehensible that three families have now lost a son now police are trying to determine exactly what happened they have a lot of surveillance video good quality ones to go through to determine exactly what happened there were so many witnesses here in the past 10 days Montreal police have responded to seven homicides one victim was killed with a firearm another was beaten the five others were stabbed it's more teenager or person it's the organized crime put uh take more foreign arms Montreal has a low murder rate compared to other big cities throughout Canada and North America in 2022 Montreal had fewer murders per 100,000 inhabitants than Winnipeg Vancouver Halifax and Toronto since last year Montreal police have cracked down on gun crimes and past spikes of violence here are most often related to Turf Wars over the control of the drug trade some of the recent murders appear to be based on personal conflict including the one last night that ended three young lives B my CTV News Montreal