Kurds in way

EDMONTON, Alberta, May 23 (UPI) -- Three Kurdish refugees were recovering Friday from beatings in Edmonton, Alberta, after a rampaging gang swarmed a cafe a day earlier.

Witnesses told police more than 20 men armed with metal batons, knives and stones stormed the Ankara Cafe around 4 p.m. Thursday and beat eight people and badly damaged the cafe, the Edmonton Sun reported.

Three of the victims required hospital care but the injuries weren't considered life-threatening, police said.

Investigators were looking into claims by patrons the mob was composed of Turks, the report said.