Bomb threats reportedly sent to over 100 Jewish institutions
Police forces across Canada are investigating bomb threats sent Wednesday morning to multiple Jewish organizations, synagogues, and hospitals.
B’nai Brith Canada reports that more than 100 Jewish institutions across the country received identical emails at 5 a.m. ET this morning, including offices in Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa.
Cst. Sabrina Gauthier of Montreal police told CBC News the force received a 911 call at 7:10 a.m. Wednesday from a synagogue in Hampstead, reporting an email that said there were bombs in the building.
Montreal police searched the interior and exterior of the synagogue on Harrow Crescent in Hampstead. Gaultier said, but there were no “immediate threats” identified.
Gauthier confirmed the same email was sent to other Jewish institutions across Canada, CBC News reported.
Ottawa police and RCMP are on-site at various locations; Global News reported that Ottawa's Queensway Carleton Hospital was searched thoroughly and police deemed the threat “low risk.”
There are a variety of situations where it’s safer to have employees remain in a building, rather than evacuate, an expert previously told Canadian HR Reporter.
These can include a bomb threat, gun violence, gas leak, severe weather or even a quarantine for a deadly virus, said Ann Wyganowski, vice-president at HZX Business Continuity Planning and director of the Disaster Recovery Information Exchange in Toronto.
