Posted on 11/12/23
| News Source: CBC
Montreal police are investigating after gunshots were fired at a Jewish school in the city's west end for the second time this week.
Police say they received several calls about gunshots near Yeshiva Gedola of Montreal, located on Deacon Road in the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood, at around 5 a.m. Sunday.
When officers arrived, they say they found bullet impact marks on the building and shell casings on the ground nearby.
No one was injured.
Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) spokesperson Véronique Dubuc says witnesses reported seeing a vehicle fleeing the scene at the time of the gunfire.
No arrests have been made yet.
Dubuc said police cannot confirm if there was anyone inside the building at the time of the event.
A security perimeter has been set up for the investigation.
Mayer Feig, a member of the Council of Hasidic Jews of Quebec, says shooting at schools is meant to intimidate the Jewish population in the city.
"They want to put fear into the community," said Feig.
"These things have to stop. This has no place here in Quebec