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Canadian police are investigating threatening emails sent to Islamic schools across the country that called for Muslims to be “slaughtered,” Canadian media reported on Friday.
Nine private schools operated by the Muslim Association of Canada received the messages in the Toronto area, while similar emails were sent to schools in other parts of Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec, The Toronto Star reported.
According to the Canadian Press, the email was signed by an anonymous sender calling themselves “Citizen Vigilante”. It threatened the “slaughter” of Muslims so that Canada would become “Islam free”.
The message also referred to Alberta’s separatist movement, claiming that if Alberta “becomes its own nation”, Muslims would be “deported or slaughtered”.
Police increase presence at schools and mosques
Police in the Toronto area said on “X” that they had increased their presence overnight around mosques and schools.
The Ottawa Police Service also said it had stepped up patrols around religious and educational institutions.
“As a precaution, police visibility remains increased around religious institutions and the educational facility that received the complaint,” the service said in a statement reported by CBC News. “At this time, we have no information indicating a specific or imminent threat to religious or educational institutions in Ottawa.”
Muslim association condemns messages
A spokesperson for the Muslim Association of Canada said the organization had previously received hateful comments on social media, but not on such a large scale.
“Such a disturbing email to be received by teachers and administrators, and families and children, really makes it difficult for us to live as a community feeling good about ourselves, feeling that we are welcomed in this society,” Nabil Sultan told CBC News.
