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Toronto police say the service’s hate crime unit is investigating after a Jewish girls elementary school in North York was shot at for the third time this year.

In a brief social media post, police said they were called to Bais Chaya Mushka Girls Elementary School at about 2:33 a.m. Friday.

Responding officers found “evidence of firearm discharge,” according to police. No injuries were reported.

The hate crime unit and the gun and gang task force were both deployed to the scene, police said.

Supt. Paul MacIntyre is expected to provide further details about the investigation at a news conference scheduled for 12:30 p.m. ET.

The same school was targeted by gunfire in October, on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, and in May.

Those shootings also happened in the early morning hours when the school was empty. A 17-year-old boy and 20-year-old man were arrested and charged with multiple firearms offences in connection to the October shooting. Police said at the time they working to find out if the two incidents were linked.

In a statement, Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said the school was damaged in Friday’s incident and encouraged anyone with information that could be useful to investigators to contact police.

“Enough is enough. Antisemitism and antisemitic attacks have no place in Toronto. The latest shooting at the Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary School is unacceptable. Once again students, families, and neighbours are waking up to safety concerns.” Chow said. 

“Every single antisemitic act is one too many in Toronto. The students and community of Bais Chaya Mushka have the right to learn and teach in a safe environment, free from hate and violence,” she said.

Bais Chaya Mushka Girls Elementary School was previously targeted on Yom Kippur. That shooting broke a window, in addition to other damage to the building. (CBC)

A local Jewish community safety group said students had been welcomed back to the school despite the overnight shooting.

“As we assess the implications of these latest incidents for the security of our community, we are updating Jewish institutions across the (Greater Toronto Area) about the situation and the critical need for vigilance,” read an update from Jewish Security Network, a group launched by the United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto in response to a reported spike in antisemitism since the outset of the Israel-Hamas war.

The group’s update said the school had been struck by gunfire and damaged.

The investigation comes just days after a synagogue in Montreal was the target of an alleged firebomb attack for a second time in just over a year.

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