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Toronto police say young people are being recruited online to shoot at synagogues

JL;DR SUMMARY Toronto police have raised alarms about young adults being recruited online to shoot at synagogues and other targets, having linked recent arrests to such incidents. 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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IranSynagoguesJewish CommunitiesInvestigationSafetyTorontoPoliceOnline RecruitmentCriminal NetworksNon Lethal Incidents

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Police in Toronto announced on Tuesday that they believe young adults are being hired and paid online to shoot at local synagogues."
New York, United States
"an Iraqi man charged last month in New York with orchestrating attacks on Jewish targets in multiple countries on behalf of Iran."
Australia
"Previously, police in Australia, too, said they believed paid criminals, possibly hired on behalf of Iran, were behind a string of non-lethal incidents targeting Jewish communities there."

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