Toronto police are taking additional precautions ahead of the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 large-scale terrorist attack inside Israel.
“As tensions rise around the world and we approach the one-year anniversary of Oct. 7 — we know world events always have an impact here at home,” Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw said at an Oct. 2 press conference.
As a result of the potential for increased protest activity and acts of violence, Demkiw said Toronto residents “will notice an increased police presence across the city.”
Since Hamas’ attack last October, protests in support of Palestine have taken place across Canada. Some incidents have involved violence, including incendiary devices being thrown at Jewish community centres and synagogues, as well as bomb threats made against schools. Protesters have also made death threats against police, disrupted businesses, and blocked roads, resulting in the shutdown of highway overpasses….