Laut Ermittlungsbehörde hat sich ein 29-Jähriger kurz vor Beginn der Gebete zu Jom Kippur der Synagoge in der Provinz Ontario genähert und auf eine Einsatzkraft geschossen. Ein bewaffneter Angreifer hat in Kanada vor einer Synagoge auf Polizisten geschossen. Der 29-Jährige habe sich am Sonntagabend kurz vor Beginn der Gebete zum höchsten jüdischen Feiertag Jom Kippur der Synagoge in Belleville in der Provinz Ontario genähert und das Feuer auf eine vor dem Gebäude postierte Einsatzkraft eröffnet, teilte die Ermittlungsbehörde SIU am Montag mit. Mehrere Polizisten erwiderten demnach das Feuer. Der Schütze sei mit lebensbedrohlichen Verletzungen ins Krankenhaus eingeliefert worden. Ein bei dem Schusswechsel verletzter Polizist befindet sich den Angaben zufolge in einem “kritischen, aber stabilen Zustand”. Die Polizei machte zunächst keine Angaben zum möglichen Motiv des Schützen.
via standard: Mann eröffnet Feuer auf Polizisten vor Synagoge in Kanada
siehe auch: KINSELLA: ‘Devastating’ Yom Kippur synagogue shooting rocks Belleville Police officer hospitalized after shots rang out at Sons of Jacob synagogue in Belleville on Sunday night. The scourge of violent Jew hatred has seemingly come to the Friendly City. On Sunday night, with Yom Kippur being celebrated as the holiest and most solemn day of the year in Judaism — the Day of Atonement — shots rang out at Sons of Jacob synagogue in Belleville around 7 p.m. One Belleville police officer was hit and was later rushed to a hospital. While at least two dozen members of the Jewish community gathered for services, shots were heard and went “for at least two to three minutes,” one member of the congregation told the Toronto Sun. Dozens of shots were fired and were coming in through the window. “We know one officer was shot but seems to be in stable condition and one shooter in critical condition, from what we understand, but can’t say for sure,” said one member of the synagogue congregation, who asked not to be named. “They don’t think there were any other shooters.”; Carney condemns Yom Kippur shooting in Ontario as police investigate motive; Carney condemns Yom Kippur shooting in Ontario as police investigate motive. A police officer was shot and wounded near a synagogue in Ontario, Canada, on Sunday evening during an exchange of gunfire with a 29-year-old man armed with a shotgun as congregants gathered for Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, officials said. Asked whether the incident could be considered a “terrorist attack” Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) spokesperson Kristy Denette said on Monday that “common sense would say that probably was the case.” However, she emphasized that the SIU is investigating the police response rather than the attack itself. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the attack was an example of why the government was working hard to bring in new laws “combating hate.” “Last night, on the holiest night of the Jewish calendar, a shooting took place outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville,” Carney posted on X. “Jewish people must be able to worship safely. To live free, open, proud Jewish lives.” Belleville Police Service Deputy Chief Sheri Meeks said at the press conference that authorities have identified the alleged shooter as Sean Ward, a 29-year-old from Quinte West, a town roughly 11 miles from the synagogue. He is in the hospital, and authorities have described his condition as life-threatening. The police constable, named on Monday as Jeff Smith, is critically injured and faces “a significant road to recovery,” Meeks added. The incident took place near the Sons of Jacob synagogue in Belleville, about 115 miles northeast of Toronto, at about 7 p.m.
