A group of Winnipeg business owners who have banded together after their businesses were allegedly targeted by arson and extortion say police need to act before someone gets hurt.

The owners have formed an online group chat to share information with each other about the criminals they say have been aiming at them for months.

Group members say they believe they know who's extorting them, and want police to act before the violence escalates.

"What is it going to take? Like, at some point maybe someone gets killed, maybe someone gets stuck in one of these businesses when it's burning," one of them told CBC News.

"If [police] know that these individuals are involved, if you already got them on camera doing certain jobs, if you put the pressure to them, there's a good chance they'll say … w

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