Ahmed gets 5 years in prison for shooting at Montreal yeshiva

A Montreal court sentenced 23-year-old Abdirazak Mahdi Ahmed to five and a half years in prison for shooting at the Merkaz ha-Torah yeshiva in November 2023. Ahmed pleaded guilty in September to the shooting, which took place early in the morning when the building was empty. The prosecution clarified that it could not prove that the shooting was carried out with an antisemitic motive.