Canada- Five men ‘randomly shot, Drive-by shooting after midnight prayers, Toronto, 16/4/22

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Police searching for suspects after five men injured in drive-by shooting in Scarborough | CP24.com
''Toronto police say a group of men who had just finished midnight prayers were “randomly attacked” in a drive-by shooting in Scarborough early Saturday morning.

At around 1 a.m., a group of individuals celebrating the Islamic holy month of Ramadan gathered in a parking lot to discuss where to eat after they had just finished praying, in the area of Markham Road and Lawrence Avenue East, police said.

“While they were here and just getting ready to leave, shots rang out. And unfortunately five individuals were struck by those bullets from what we believe came from perhaps a vehicle on Markham Road that was traveling by,” Acting Staff Supt. David Rydzik said at a news conference Saturday afternoon.''


Five people were injured following a drive-by shooting in the area of Markham Road and Lawrence Avenue East in Scarborough Saturday morning.

Four men were found at the scene with gunshot wounds and transported to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

A fifth victim, who also sustained non-life-threatening injuries, made his own way to hospital.

Police said the victims are between 28 and 35 years old, and some are married with children.

“Three of those five have been released from hospital right now and the other two are expected to make a very good recovery,” Rydzik said.''

 

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Toronto police searching for suspects after 5 men injured in 'random' drive-by shooting | CTV News
“We do believe that the suspects were in a vehicle that was traveling by but we are working very hard gathering surveillance video footage to try and corroborate that so at this point in time I can't say for certain what vehicle was used in this particular shooting, nor do I have a suspect description at this time,” Rydzik said.

Police said they can’t say at this time if the victims were targeted because of their religious beliefs.

Rydzik added that the group of men appear to have been randomly attacked as there’s no information to suggest that they are involved in any type of criminality.

“They [had] just come from prayers. They're gathering here because they've been fasting all day. They're gathering here as they normally would during Ramadan to figure out ‘where are we going to go and eat’ and perhaps continue talking about Ramadan and it's absolutely concerning.”

In a tweet published Saturday afternoon, Toronto Police Chief James Ramer said that while it’s too early to confirm a motive, the service’s hate crimes unit is engaged in the investigation.''

 

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This is reminiscent of Tarrant's Christchurch Islamophobic massacre(?)