Edmonton police release footage of suspects in extortion of South Asian community
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Edmonton police have released surveillance videos to identify suspects involved in "Project Gaslight," the extortion series targeting members of the South Asian community.
Edmonton police have released a number of surveillance videos they hope will help identify suspects involved in Project Gaslight, the extortion series targeting members of the South Asian community.
The Edmonton Police Service is investigating 34 events since October related to this specific extortion.
No injuries have been reported in the shooting events, EPS said, but a firefighter was hurt at one of the arsons.
Between the arsons and shootings, roughly $10 million in property has been damaged, police said.
On Wednesday, EPS detectives released several surveillance videos of suspects.
“Since the investigation began, we’ve been working to obtain and review large volumes of surveillance video obtained from the scenes of several arsons connected to Project Gaslight, as well as footage from stores and gas stations where the suspects purchased gas cans and fuel allegedly used to commit the arsons,” Det. Devin Kokoski said.
“After reviewing the video and identifying as many of the suspects as we could, we’re now releasing it to the public in the hopes they can identify the remaining suspects and provide us with information to fill in the gaps about their activities on the dates in question.”
On Nov. 6, 2023, in the area of 16th Avenue and 12th Street, three suspects are seen getting out of a vehicle with a gas can. They’re later seen running back to the same vehicle.
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