MONTREAL – Mail carriers in the northeast of Montreal are on edge following a dozen armed attacks since the beginning of the year.
A union spokesman says two men carrying knives or scissors have been threatening the workers and stealing keys to mail boxes.
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Alain Duguay, the local president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, says the assailants then use the keys to steal credit cards, passports and other important documents.
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Duguay says two of the attacks took place at community mail boxes, with the most recent incident occurring at the beginning of the week.
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Nobody has been injured so far.
The union official is worried that the arrival of community mail boxes will make it a lot easier for people to attack letter carriers.
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