TORONTO, May 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Jewish girls’ school in Toronto was hit by gunfire early Saturday, without causing any injuries but prompting Canadian authorities to step up security at other schools and synagogues, police said.
The suspects, who arrived at Bais Chaya Mushka in a dark colored vehicle, opened fire just before 5:00 am and caused “some damage to the front of the school” before leaving the scene, police inspector Paul Krawczyk said at a news conference.
Police increased their presence in the school’s north Toronto neighborhood, as well as at other schools and synagogues, Krawczyk said.
“We’re not going to ignore the obvious, you know, what occurred here and what the target of the shooting was,” he said.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford called the incident “a gross display of anti-Semitism.”
“Reports of shots fired at a Jewish elementary school in North York are despicable – a brazen act of antisemitism,” said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The shooting comes amid the war in Gaza sparked by Hamas’s unprecedented Oct 7 attack on Israel.
Hamas’s assault resulted in the deaths of more than 1,170 people, mostly civilians while Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed at least 35,903 people in Gaza, mostly civilians.
In November, a Jewish school in Montreal was hit by gunfire twice in one week. There were no injuries. — NNN-AGENCIES
