Toronto leaders call on feds to investigate suspected hate-motivated arson as possible act of terror - Toronto (Global News)
After a Jewish-owned grocery store in North York was set on fire and vandalized in a suspected hate crime last week, a Toronto deputy mayor and city councillor are calling on the federal government to investigate the incident as a possible act of terrorism.
Jaime Kirzner-Roberts, vice president of the GTA Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, said she is grateful for “deputy mayor Colle and councillor Pasternack for continuing to stand with the Jewish community. We have full confidence in the police to follow the evidence and take their investigation in whatever direction it needs to go so that the perpetrator is held accountable. If the evidence shows this was indeed an act of terror, we expect the police and justice system to treat it as such – the priority is to see the perpetrator caught by police and brought to justice,” Kirzner-Roberts said in a statement.
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