Two adults and two teens have been charged in connection with a pair of alleged hate-motivated attacks targeting Toronto’s Jewish community, police say.
The charges are linked to alleged assaults on April 30 and May 7 when victims “visibly identifiable as Jewish” were shot from a passing vehicle with a “gel blaster” imitation firearm, Toronto police Chief Supt. Katherine Stephenson said at a June 3 press conference.
“While the weapon involved was an imitation firearm, the victims did not know that at the time,” she said. “They believed they were being shot at and they experienced the fear and shock that comes with believing that someone is shooting at you.”…