22 April 2022

TORONTO POLICE: NON-UPDATE ON MOSQUE SHOOTING

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-- "Not a random shooting, not hate motivated, or targeting the community in any way... but we are not prepared to speak to motive or talk about our investigation at this time." --
The Toronto Police Service went out of their way to deny that this was any sort of a hate crime... suggesting they know why this happened... but refuse to release any actual information. 

OVER AT CITYPULSE24 NEWS
-- It's 2:50pm and there's the sound of crickets. --
Draw your own conclusion.

UPDATE AT CP24 47 MINUTES LATER
-- "Staff. Supt. Lauren Pogue revealed that officers are now 'confident' that the men were not targeted because they are Muslim." --
I guess it's not the screaming headline they were looking for. 

WITH APOLOGIES TO CROCODILE DUNDEE... 

'That's not a hate crime, this is a, well... you know...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban's deputy culture and information minister, says a bombing at a mosque and religious school in northern Afghanistan on Friday killed at least 33 people, including students of a religious school. Friday's bombing is the latest in a series of deadly attacks across Afghanistan." --