Third time this year: Shots fired at Jewish school in Canada
The current incident is the third time gunshots were fired at the school this year, with similar incidents recorded in October and May.
Gunshots were fired at Bais Chaya Mushka Girls Elementary School in Toronto at 2:33 a.m., Toronto Police confirmed on Friday.
Toronto Police's hate crime service unit is investigating the incident after "evidence of firearm discharge" was found, police confirmed.
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow confirmed the school sustained damage from the attack, according to CBC News.
"Every single antisemitic act is one too many in Toronto. The students and community of Bais Chaya Mushka have the right to learn and teach in a safe environment, free from hate and violence."
The shooting was also condemned by Toronto MP Kevin Vuong, who wrote on X/Twitter, "How full of hate do you have to be to fire at a school?...We must not allow this blatant antisemitism to be normalized further by our feckless leaders. "
Previous shootings at the school
The current incident is the third time gunshots were fired at the school this year, with similar incidents recorded in October and May.In October, at 4:05 a.m., shots were fired on the holiest day of the Jewish calender - Yom Kippur, the Jerusalem Post reported at the time. Police later arrested a 20-year-old and 17-year-old in connection with the shooting.
In May, two men opened fire at the school just before 5 a.m.
The latest attack also comes just a day after President Isaac Herzog confirmed he spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after a number of attacks targeted Jewish centers in Canada.
On Wednesday, Montreal synagogue was burnt in an arson attack. CBC cited the police as saying that one incendiary device was found at the scene.
