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Montreal Man Sentenced to 5.5 Years for Shooting at Jewish School
A 23-year-old man, Abdirazak Mahdi Ahmed, has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison in Montreal for shooting at the Merkaz Hatorah Jewish school in November 2023. The school was empty during the attack, and no one was harmed.
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What happened
- 01Abdirazak Mahdi Ahmed received a 5.5-year sentence for shooting at a Montreal Jewish school.
- 02The shooting occurred at the Merkaz Hatorah school in November 2023.
- 03No one was injured as the school building was empty during the attack.
- 04DNA and cell phone data linked Ahmed to the crime.
- 05Prosecutors could not prove an antisemitic motive for the shooting.
- 06B'nai Brith welcomed the sentence and raised concerns about anti-Jewish violence.
Ahmed was identified through DNA and phone data, arrested in May 2024, and pleaded guilty in September 2026. While prosecutors lacked evidence of an antisemitic motive, the sentence reflects time served. The Canadian organization B'nai Brith praised the verdict and voiced concerns about increasing anti-Jewish violence.
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