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There are police, mourners, and Ferrari floral arrangements outside a Montreal church today.

A funeral is being held for Agostino Cuntrera, a reputed leader of the once-dominant Rizzuto crime family.

His assassination last week has crime experts speculating that the Sicilian clan is being systematically eliminated by rivals.

The 66-year-old Cuntrera was gunned down last Tuesday outside his Montreal food supply warehouse.

He is reputed to have taken over as head of Canada's most powerful crime family after the arrest of Vito Rizzuto, now serving 10 years in a Colorado prison.

There are mourners, curious onlookers, and a heavy police presence outside the Catholic church in east-end Montreal where his funeral is being held.

Two floral arrangements with the Ferrari logo were also on display behind cars; Cuntrera was a sports-car enthusiast.

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