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By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News Iqaluit RCMP say they will investigate after a city councillor claimed he was robbed and repeatedly threatened. Coun. Simon Nattaq raised a number of concerns at Tuesday\u2019s city council meeting in response to detachment commander Sgt. Vlatko Nikolovski\u2019s presentation of the RCMP\u2019s May and June statistics. \u201cAll my guns were stolen, all my rifles have been taken,\u201d Nattaq said, speaking in Inuktitut. \u201cSomeone has been threatening, saying that they want to burn my house down, and I\u2019m getting scared about this.\u201d He added: \u201cI know one person who has been threatening me.\u201d Nattaq didn\u2019t say when the incidents happened. He said he wants police to interview him about it. He raised other concerns, including dangerous drivers, as well as the smell… <\/p>\n

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By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News Iqaluit RCMP say they will investigate after a city councillor claimed he was robbed and repeatedly threatened. Coun. Simon Nattaq raised a number of concerns at Tuesday\u2019s city council meeting in response to detachment commander Sgt. Vlatko Nikolovski\u2019s presentation of the RCMP\u2019s May and June statistics. \u201cAll my guns were stolen, all my rifles have been taken,\u201d Nattaq said, speaking in Inuktitut. \u201cSomeone has been threatening, saying that they want to burn my house down, and I\u2019m getting scared about this.\u201d He added: \u201cI know one person who has been threatening me.\u201d Nattaq didn\u2019t say when the incidents happened. He said he wants police to interview him about it. He raised other concerns, including dangerous drivers, as well as the smell... <\/p>\n

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