Now it's 26

In case you've been out of the country for a long vacation away from the media you know that we have a drug turf war going on in Vancouver.Over the weekend,2 more Asian males with known gang connections were murdered in their cars.This,I am told,makes the 25&26th victims of gang violence since the recent formation of I-HIT,the special murder squad that to this day has not made one arrest in the targeted hits.They have arrested a few street level people that took the law into their own none too competent hands but nothing in the hired professional hits of high level gang members.The B.C. government is putting forward their legal "experts"who are telling anyone who'll listen that we need to bring back the habitual criminal act.So far the attorney general and the solicitor general have both given speeches.Both used the life sentence that is the habitual criminal act in their talks.That this law was ruled cruel and unusual makes no difference to these two.It's a shame there's no law against politicians that use drug addicts to try to make political points.These men have no conscience.
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Vancouver's dead

sicntiredFeb.15,2008-Earl Steve Seymour Feb,9,'08 Darren Liao 32 N.Van Carrall Street,Vancouver Man arrested Feb.2,'08Pritpal Singh Virk 19 Van Jan.19,'08Richardo Scarpino37&Gilles Le Page 38 Van. 600 Block Seymour st. Dec.15,2007 Po Ho Cheung 45 Van. 3300 Napier st. Dec.3,'07 Jonathan William McMillan23 Coquitlam,2600 Cape Horn Ave. Nov.6,'07 Ronal Shakeel Raj31 Surrey Granville and 70 ave Van. Nov.3,'07 Hong Chao Huang 45Van. 3800 Cartier st. Oct.31,'07 Hiep Quang Do,51Richmond,$800 Victoria drive Van. Oct.192007 Ed Schellenbergerg55,Chris Mohan,22,Edward Sousakhone Narong,22,Corey Jason Michael Lal,21, Michael Justin Lal,26and Ryan Bartolomeo,19 shot in a Surrey apartment in the 9800 block Whalley Ring Road. Oct.10,'07 Dylan Krishna Becker38,shot at MacDonalds in Surrey 9400 King George Hwy. Sept.24,'07 Jason Chun Sing Louie,34,in a vehicle,2500 Penticton St.Van. Sept.6'07 Ryan Darryl Joaquin,27,Bank of the Frazer in Richmond .These are the dead from one year of drug war violence for turf in Vancouver,B.C. Aug.9'07 Zachary Ferland,19,of Prince Rupert and an Unidentified male 26,Van,2600 E broadway May 31,'07 William Chan,45Van.10th ave.

pardon my confusion

Is it 26 homicides or seven?

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