They acquired out of a darkish automotive and opened hearth at an all-girls Jewish main faculty. It occurred in Toronto, Canada, the place the Bais Chaya Mushka institute, within the North York neighborhood within the northern a part of the town, was attacked at daybreak. The facade of the college was hit by a barrage of gunfire, however at the moment the college was abandoned and there have been no accidents. The Toronto police are investigating the episode, however the assault, in keeping with the establishments, is a part of a context of rising tensions linked to the battle within the Gaza Strip.
For this purpose, the police have assured that they’ll strengthen their presence within the neighborhood and close to different Jewish faculties and synagogues. “We won’t ignore the threats, what occurred right here and who was the goal of the capturing,” the inspector defined Paul Krawczyk on the press convention.
“The information of the capturing at a Jewish elementary faculty in North York is repugnant,” the Canadian prime minister attacked on X Justin Trudeau. “The perpetrators of this blatant anti-Semitic act should be delivered to justice.”
For the Premier of Ontario, Douglas Ford, it was “a blatant demonstration of anti-Semitism”. And the Jewish affiliation Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Center mentioned it was “horrified by this violence directed towards harmless Jewish kids”. In November there have been two incidents of shootings at Jewish faculties in Montreal, Quebec.