{"id":827803,"date":"2026-07-26T20:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T20:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/827803\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T20:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T20:12:09","slug":"toronto-police-investigate-after-jewish-owned-bakery-chain-hit-by-gunfire-and-vandalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/827803\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto police investigate after Jewish-owned bakery chain hit by gunfire and vandalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms22f6lb002j28qjftsd8lcl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Two Jewish-owned bagel shops in Toronto were damaged Sunday in incidents now under investigation by the Toronto Police Service\u2019s Hate Crime Unit.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms22t23600003b6rchru8x0t@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Two locations of Kiva\u2019s, a bakery specializing in bagels, were attacked in the morning, with one shop\u2019s window damaged by gunfire, police said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TorontoPolice\/status\/2081403796404486157?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">post on X<\/a>. The second location in the city also had a window damaged, but investigators found no evidence of gunshots there.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms22t23600013b6rinli8irz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cAt this time, investigators are examining whether the incidents are connected and working to identify those responsible,\u201d police said. \u201cThere have been no reported injuries.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms22t23600033b6re28k53sx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN reached out to Kiva\u2019s for comment on the attacks.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms22t23600023b6rg6oyzv90@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe understand that this is concerning for those that work and live in this area, especially members of the Jewish community, and we have all the resources available to thoroughly investigate this matter,\u201d Duty Inspector Scott Bradbury told reporters Sunday, according to footage from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/article\/this-is-concerning-2-jewish-owned-toronto-bakery-locations-targeted-in-suspected-hate-motivated-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CTV, a CNN newsgathering partner.<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms23dbmk00003b6rk3nz3any@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The damage to the two bakeries comes nearly a month after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/22\/world\/montreal-shooting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a deadly shooting in Montreal<\/a> heightened concerns for Jewish communities in Canada. Last month, a gunman whose writings investigators say promoted antisemitic, misogynistic and anti-capitalist violence opened fire in Montreal, killing two people: an officer and an Israeli citizen who was described as a beloved member of Montreal\u2019s Jewish community. The gunman was killed following a shootout.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms23kxq100013b6rqq79m18u@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Earlier in June, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/02\/americas\/canada-failing-jewish-community-intl-hnk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a speech at a Toronto synagogue <\/a>that the country is \u201cfailing\u201d Jewish Canadians and pledged to invest tens of millions of dollars in security for houses of worship.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms23yx2b00023b6rohxrpghu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Carney said over two-thirds of all religion-motivated hate crimes last year were directed at Jewish Canadians, with antisemites in Canada firing bullets at Jewish schools, attacking community centers and targeting Jewish-owned businesses.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms23yt6s00003b6rh3iwn2jr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            There has been a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents globally since the Israel-Hamas war began on Oct. 7, 2023.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms23p7as00093b6r25y6fgz3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN\u2019s Alaa Elassar contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Jewish-owned bagel shops in Toronto were damaged Sunday in incidents now under investigation by the Toronto Police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-827803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}