MONTREAL: A Jewish school in Canada’s second most populist city, Montreal has come under fire for the second time this week as tensions remain high in the country over the Israel-Hamas conflict, Western media reported on Sunday.
Reports quoting Police spokeswoman Veronique Dubuc said no one was in the school when shots were heard around 5:00 am (1000 GMT), and there were no reported injuries.
Officers found bullet damage on the building’s facade with cartridges on the ground.
The incident occurred two days after another Jewish school in Montreal, was fired upon without any casualty.
School spokesman Lionel Perez during a press conference said that classes would continue as usual.
Earlier a Montreal synagogue suffered minor damage in a firebombing, and three students were wounded in clashes between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel groups in Concordia University.
Trudeau voices concern over violence in Canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Francois Legault, the premier of French-speaking Quebec province, have expressed concern over the violence.
Legault in a post on X, formerly Twitter, said let us not import the hatred and violence that we see elsewhere in the world.
Several countries around the word, notably in Europe, have seen attacks on Jewish targets after Israeli relentless bombing in Gaza strip since October has killed more than 11,078 Palestinian, about 40 percent of them children.
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The roots of the conflict lie in the intensifying crimes committed by the occupying regime, prompting a response from Hamas, through Operation Al-Aqsa Storm.
The situation remains highly volatile, with the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza demanding urgent attention and international intervention to alleviate the suffering of innocent civilians caught in the crossfire.
