Canadian authorities confirm death of Michel Mizrahi after Montreal shooting

ZAKA's international division said Tuesday morning that Michael, or Michel, Mizrahi, who was critically wounded in Monday's shooting in Montreal, Canada, has died. During a press briefing, Canada's public safety minister described the case as an internal matter and said police do not intend to investigate it as a terrorist attack, though he added, "We will do everything to make sure it is not connected to something else."

Baruch Nidam, head of ZAKA's international division, said Mizrahi's family contacted the organization and is receiving support. He said two of Mizrahi's daughters live in Israel, in the north and the Sharon region, and another child lives with him in Canada. According to Nidam, the son who lives in Montreal could not reach his father for several hours while he was in hospital, but police later informed him that his father had been killed earlier at the shooting scene.

The article also says two Montreal police officers were shot in the incident, one during an exchange of fire, and another was seriously wounded. The suspect was neutralized.

As background, the report notes that about two months ago three suspects opened fire near the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Istanbul's governor later said one suspect was killed at the scene and two were wounded, while Turkey's interior minister said the attackers had ties to ISIS and that two of them had criminal records. Authorities also confirmed that the attackers' goal was to reach the Israeli consulate.