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Toronto police say they are looking for suspects who allegedly 'discharged a firearm' at Bais Chaya Mushka in North York early Saturday morning. The school was also subject to a similar incident in May.CBC NewsToronto police say a Jewish school in North York was shot at early Saturday morning. They say no one was injured. For the second time since May, police say shots were fired at a Jewish girls elementary school in Toronto.
Around 4 a.m. Saturday, suspects in a motor vehicle allegedly "discharged a firearm" at Bais Chaya Mushka Girls Elementary School in North York, Toronto police said on X Saturday morning.A police spokesperson told CBC Toronto investigators would be able to provide more details to the media this afternoon.
Chesswood Drive is closed in both directions while police investigate, police said. They are asking anyone with information about the incident to contact them.This isn't the first time the empty school was shot in the early morning hours this year. In May, police opened an investigation after unknown suspects allegedly fired on the school early on a Saturday morning.After that shooting, community members and politicians held a rally condemning hatred and antisemitism.
Premier Doug Ford also condemned the shooting at a news conference days after the incident, controversially saying immigrants were responsible for it, despite there being no evidence that was the case.
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