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A suspect is charged in one of Toronto’s Jewish shootings — but the bigger picture remains murky

JL;DR SUMMARY Toronto's Jewish community remains on edge after a series of shootings targeting synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses, with the recent arrest of Mohamed Mahdi offering limited insight. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityIranExtremismTorontoPoliceSecurityShootingsVigilanceMohamed Mahdi

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"After a man riddled a Jewish-owned restaurant with bullets in uptown Toronto, police accomplished something earlier this month that they hadnt done following previous attacks on Jewish sites: identify and charge a suspect."
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
"Even as police stand outside more houses of worship, carry bigger guns and gather more intelligence, Mamann said he worries that the community is vulnerable to a sudden attack like the shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney in December that killed 15 people at a Hanukkah event."
United Kingdom
"In the last couple of weeks, a string of arson attacks have targeted Jewish sites in the UK, with many being claimed by a new, Iran-linked group that says it is behind similar attacks across Europe."
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
"Police did not confirm whether it was the same Mohamed Mahdi, but the ages line up, and both were identified as being from the suburb of Brampton."

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