'We believe we were the target,' said the synagogue's rabbi after a man shot a police officer outside a synagogue in Belleville on Sunday. 'It's Yom Kippur. There's obviously a good number of Jewish people inside the synagogue. It's an easy target'
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'We believe we were the target,' said the synagogue's rabbi after a man shot a police officer outside a synagogue in Belleville on Sunday. 'It's Yom Kippur. There's obviously a good number of Jewish people inside the synagogue. It's an easy target'

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September 22, 2026
Following a shooting incident outside of an Ontario synagogue Sunday night, the eve of Yom Kippur, witness Douglas Lobel said that if "the police wasn't there... it definitely would have been a massacre."
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