TORONTO — College students resumed courses at a Toronto Jewish faculty on Friday morning hours after police stated it was the goal of an obvious in a single day capturing for the third time this yr.
Police stated they started investigating after officers have been referred to as to Bais Chaya Mushka in North York at round 2:30 a.m., the place they discovered “proof of firearm discharge.”
No accidents have been reported, police stated in a social-media put up on Friday morning. In an announcement, Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow stated the varsity had sustained “some injury.”
“Sufficient is sufficient. Antisemitism and antisemitic assaults haven’t any place in Toronto,” Chow stated.
“Each single antisemitic act is one too many in Toronto. The scholars and group of Bais Chaya Mushka have the fitting to be taught and train in a protected surroundings, free from hate and violence.”
The college was shot at in a single day twice earlier than, in Might and October.
A 17-year-old boy and 20-year-old man have been arrested within the October capturing. Police stated on the time they have been working to search out out if the 2 shootings have been linked.
Police didn’t instantly reply to questions on Friday morning. In a follow-up put up on X, they stated an replace can be supplied within the afternoon.
An area Jewish group security group stated college students had been welcomed again to the varsity regardless of the in a single day capturing.
“As we assess the implications of those newest incidents for the safety of our group, we’re updating Jewish establishments throughout the (Higher Toronto Space) in regards to the scenario and the essential want for vigilance,” learn an replace from Jewish Safety Community, a gaggle launched by the United Jewish Enchantment of Higher Toronto in response to a reported spike in antisemitism because the outset of the Israel-Hamas struggle.
The group’s replace stated the varsity had been struck by gunfire and broken.
The investigation comes a day after a synagogue in Montreal was the goal of an alleged firebomb assault for a second time in simply over a yr.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Dec. 20, 2024.
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