'Jewish people must be able to worship safely,' Carney says about shooting at Belleville synagogue - National Post
Multiple police and ambulance vehicles are shown Sunday, Sept. 21 responding to a reported shooting in Belleville. A city police officer and a lone suspect were rushed to Kingston General Hospital after gunfire outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in the east end around 7:10 p.m. Photo by Derek Baldwin/Belleville Intelligencer/PostmediaArticle contentPrime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, along with other politicians and police forces across Canada, have condemned antisemitic violence following a shooting that took place outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ont., on Sunday night.
Two people, including a police officer, were wounded in the incident that occurred as worshippers gathered for Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. No one inside the synagogue was hurt, according to a social media statement by the Sons of Jacob Congregation. A police officer and suspected gunmen were injured and taken to Kingston General Hospital after exchanging gunfire outside the synagogue.
“Jewish people must be able to worship safely. To live free, open, proud Jewish lives,” Carney wrote in a statement on X. “Canada’s government will do everything in our power to support law enforcement in ensuring that the perpetrator is held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. My thoughts are with the injured officer and his family, and the entire Jewish community.”
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Poilievre echoed Carney’s support for the Jewish community, but called on the government to take action. “This vile antisemitic violence in Canada must end, and this Liberal government must act now to protect our people,” the opposition leader wrote in a statement on X.
“Jewish Canadians must once again be able to live in their communities and pray in their places of worship without fear of being shot at or attacked.”
On the holiest day of the Jewish year, a police officer was injured, a man suffered life-threatening injuries, and worshippers at the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville were forced to take cover as gunfire erupted outside.This vile antisemitic violence in Canada must end,…
Belleville Police said on social media that one of their officers “encountered an individual in the area at about 7:10 p.m.” and “the officer and the individual sustained injuries and were transported to hospital,” adding that there was no further threat to public safety.
