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METRO VANCOUVER - Just as police predicted last September, associates and friends of the Dhak-Duhre gang have been systematically eliminated in deadly executions by rivals.

Duhre associate Gurbinder Singh (Bin) Toor is just the latest victim in a series of violent attacks believed to be in retaliation for the high-profile Kelowna shooting last August that left gangster Jon Bacon dead and Hells Angel Larry Amero and Independent Soldier James Riach wounded.

Since then a loose alliance of gangsters — some in the HA, some in the IS and some linked to a Middle Eastern gang based in Ontario — have been settling scores and have wounded or killed 12 people linked to the other side, including Toor.

“Violence is unfortunately all too common an occurrence between rivals in the gang world. Clearly with the number of shootings we’ve experienced here in the last several months, tension remains high,” Supt. Tom McCluskie, head of the Gang Task Force, said Thursday.

“It’s time to stop the violence. It’s time to walk away. How many more have to get killed before the message sinks in?”

McCluskie, whose unit is part of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, issued the first public warning last fall that gang tensions had escalated to the point where many people were in danger.

Toor, who grew up in Squamish, was shot to death about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday outside the Port Moody Recreation Centre as he arrived for a ball hockey game.

His team’s schedule was posted on the Internet, making him an easy target.

While he had a criminal history dating back to 2000, friends told The Sun that he was trying to leave gang life and look after his young daughter.

“We are very saddened with the loss of Bin Toor,” said Robert Moxness, an executive member of the B.C. Ball Hockey Association.

“He was a highly respected team member in our tight-knit ball hockey community. Given his young family, Bin was trying very hard to distance himself from the gang life, but unfortunately, it caught up with him.”

Toor had been friends with the Duhre brothers since childhood. When Sandip Duhre was shot to death in Vancouver’s Sheraton Wall Centre in January, Toor was at his funeral.

“Bin’s mistake was showing up for Dip’s funeral,” one Duhre associate said Thursday. “I know he was trying to change. His daughter was his life.”

The associate, who has received several police warnings about threats to his life, said Toor was also recently warned by police. He expressed frustration that police warn gangsters about plots to kill them, but don’t head off the killings.

“Since 1995, the Duhre group have done nothing but stick up for people being extorted by the Hells Angels,” he said.

McCluskie said police are doing their duty by visiting gang-involved criminals they believe might be targets.

“In some weeks we are delivering as many as half a dozen. This in itself should send an obvious message to all gang members,” McCluskie said.