Gunman opens fire outside Ontario synagogue on Yom Kippur
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The province's Special Investigations Unit said the exchange of gunfire happened near the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, about 110 miles east of Toronto. Belleville police said the officer encountered the man around 7:10 p.m. and that both were taken to a hospital.
Sean Ward, 29, opened fire outside Belleville’s Sons of Jacob Synagogue as about 25 worshippers gathered for Kol Nidre; one officer was seriously wounded, while Ontario’s solicitor general said police
A gunman targeted an eastern Ontario synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism. A police officer who was stationed outside the Sons of Jacob synagogue in Belleville to protect the congregation inside on the evening of Sept.
(JTA) — TORONTO – Doug Warren, 56, was attending Kol Nidre services at the Sons of Jacob synagogue in Belleville, Ontario on the eve of Yom Kippur on Sunday. Prayers were just about to begin when he heard the gunshots.
A police officer was shot near a synagogue in Ontario, Canada, on Sunday evening as members of the Jewish community gathered to mark Yom Kippur, officials said.