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The police said that it was too early to say if the episode was linked to a shooting that targeted the diplomatic post in March.
Shots were fired near the U.S. consulate in Toronto early Monday, the second such incident at the diplomatic post this year. Police said no one was injured and no suspects were identified. Officers engaged in a high-speed car chase but did not arrest the suspect, who remains at large. In June, three people were arrested after a similar attack.
NYTimes – World The police said that it was too early to say if the episode was linked to a shooting that targeted the diplomatic post in March.
NYTimes – World The police said that it was too early to say if the episode was linked to a shooting that targeted the diplomatic post in March.
BBC News – World No one was injured and no suspects have been identified in connection to shooting near Toronto compound, police say Shots were fired near the US consulate in Toronto early on Monday but no one was injured in the second shooting near the diplomatic compound in four months. “Officers heard a firearm being discharged in the area,” and “a white sedan was seen fleeing the scene”, Toronto police said on X. Continue readin…
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