Bomb threats allegedly sent to over 100 Jewish institutions
Police forces across Canada are investigating bomb threats sent Wednesday morning to multiple Jewish organizations, synagogues, and hospitals.
B’nai Brith Canada reports that more than 100 Jewish institutions across the country received identical emails at 5 a.m. ET this morning, including offices in Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa.
Cst. Sabrina Gauthier of Montreal police told CBC News the force received a 911 call at 7:10 a.m. Wednesday from a synagogue in Hampstead, reporting an email that said there were bombs in the building.
Montreal police searched the interior and exterior of the synagogue on Harrow Crescent in Hampstead. Gaultier said, but there were no “immediate threats” identified.
Gauthier confirmed the same email was sent to other Jewish institutions across Canada, CBC News reported.
Ottawa police and RCMP are on-site at various locations; Global News reported that Ottawa's Queensway Carleton Hospital was searched thoroughly and police deemed the threat “low risk.”
