Two Jewish colleges in Montreal had been hit in a single day by gunshots, police stated Thursday.
Workers members found bullet holes on the outside of the buildings once they arrived Thursday morning. No person was inside on the time of the shootings, police stated.
Prime minister Justin Trudeau reacted to the shootings, telling reporters in a Montreal suburb that Canadians should denounce violent antisemitism within the strongest phrases.
“We’re seeing a rise in threats of violence,” Trudeau stated. “That’s not who we’re as Canadians. We’re a rustic that has finished higher than simply about another nation at understanding and respecting totally different views.”
Quebec Premier François Legault instructed reporters on the identical information convention that what occurred on the colleges can’t be tolerated.
On Wednesday, three folks had been injured and one individual was arrested at Montreal’s Concordia College after a number of incidents police stated had been tied to the Israel–Hamas battle.