Police call shooting outside Ontario synagogue a hate attack
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Police call shooting outside Ontario synagogue a hate attack

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 24, 202627 min
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Authorities in Belleville, Ontario say the shooting at a local synagogue was indeed a

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A line of decency has been crossed in our province. A line of decency of having an individual act in such a hateful and anti-Semitic attack is unacceptable. Authorities in Belleville, Ontario say the shooting at a local synagogue was indeed a hate-motivated attack, that the shooter intended to do much more and had the means to do it.

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Gasoline, ammunition, weapons. Police say the actions of two officers at the scene prevented what could have been a massive loss of life. Welcome to Your World Tonight.

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It's Thursday, September 24th, just before 6 p.m. Eastern. I'm Salima Shivji, also on the podcast. The Prime Minister paused for several seconds and talking pregnant pause and took a deep breath and clearly was very closely reflecting on exactly the words he was going to use.

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