Banners with “Ceasefire now” and “Jews 4 Free Palestine” can be seen in a video of the incident.
The suspects are being investigated for a previous shooting at the same elementary school in May.
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Parents were told that their children would be observing a protest on Grassy Narrows First Nation and the ongoing water crisis, but instead students participated in an anti-Israel rally.
“We’re not here to fight people,” Osuji said, "We’re here to protect. If we see kids attacked, that might play out a little different."
Dr. David Gryn: “I feel satisfaction living here, raising my family and seeing my family thrive here. There is a sense of eternal continuity.”
Thornhill MP Melissa Lantsman and Eglinton-Lawrence MP Marco Mendicino gave estimates on social media that between 100-125 Jewish institutions were targeted in the mass bomb threat.
During the "night of rage" event later that evening, speakers said that they would never recognize Israel and glorified Haniyeh and other terrorists who died fighting against Israel.
In footage released by police, a person in a Ghostface mask spray painted a sign before fleeing the scene. The suspect is the lone suspect in several incidents in the cities of Vaughan and Markham.
Signs at a synagogue and Jewish school in Toronto were set on fire Wednesday, suspected to be hate-motivated arsons by a motorcyclist.