Police probing gunfire at Jewish-owned bakery in Toronto as possible hate crime

Toronto police are investigating a shooting at a Jewish-owned bakery in the city as a potential hate crime, Canadian news outlets report.

According to the Toronto Star, a branch of Kiva’s Bagel Bar was targeted by gunfire overnight between Saturday and Sunday, and another branch elsewhere in Toronto had its windows smashed.

There were no injuries in either incident, reports add.

In a statement, the Toronto Police confirm that the hate crime unit and gun and gang task force are investigating the incidents, and examining whether they are connected to one another.

In a press conference covered by CBC, a police representative acknowledges that the incidents were “concerning” for “members of the Jewish community” in the area, and says that there will be increased police presence in the area as the investigation proceeds.

#NEW: Toronto police are investigating after two locations of Jewish-owned Kiva’s bagel bar were targeted in separate incidents Sunday morning, including one where a window was struck by gunfire.

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Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar says on X that he is “following with concern the worrying news from Toronto.”

“While thankfully none were injured, this is the latest attack in a long and horrifying line of violence and intimidation against the Canadian Jewish community,” he writes, calling for the Canadian government to “confront this antisemitic violent wave.”