A Montreal kosher restaurant is picking up the pieces after suffering damage in a recent attack that Montreal police are investigating as a potential hate crime.
HORRIBLE – front door of a Kosher eatery in Montreal was smashed in with a rock, after which the vandals attempted to set the place on fire (failed due to lack of flammable material)
No money or valuables were taken and two adjacent non-Kosher restaurants were not attacked. https://t.co/d4Otzrptwx pic.twitter.com/zzOPbPCefd
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On Sunday night, unknown assailants shattered the front door of Chez Benny in Ville Saint-Laurent with a rock, then attempt to light a fire, which failed to catch due to a lack of flammable material. There was no evidence of any attempt to take money or valuables from the restaurant. No one was in the restaurant at the time of the incident.
Chez Benny shares a plaza with two non-kosher restaurants, neither of which was attacked. For this reason, and in light of recent antisemitic incidents in Montreal during and following the latest round of fighting between Israel and Hamas, the SPVM are treating the attack on Chez Benny as a potential hate crime.
Source: BnaiBrith
