The assailant in Monday's Montreal shooting wrote a text accusing "Jews and Zionists" of engineering systems to benefit themselves at others' expense, and claiming Western institutions are "captured by a Jewish elite," according to a report by ultra-Orthodox news site Behadrei Haredim.
A day after the deadly shooting in Montreal, new reports shed light on the attacker's stated ideology. According to Behadrei Haredim, the gunman wrote a text asserting that "Jews and Zionists engineered a system that benefits them at the expense of all others" and that Western institutions are "captured by a Jewish elite." This language aligns with classic antisemitic conspiracy theories. The shooting, which took place Monday, initially sparked concerns about a possible attack on the Jewish community, after it occurred near a Chabad center and several Jewish-owned businesses. However, police later assessed that the target was the responding officers, not Jewish institutions. The new text adds a layer of antisemitic hate to the attacker's motive, albeit not necessarily directed at the specific site. As The Zioneer reported earlier, preliminary assessments had considered an incel (involuntary celibate) extremist ideology. The new information is from a single source and awaits official confirmation. The investigation is ongoing.
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