Shots fired at US consulate in Toronto, Ottawa says incident unacceptable

Shots were fired at the U.S. consulate in Toronto on Tuesday, but no one was injured, police said, in what Canada’s public safety minister called an unacceptable incident. Toronto police said on X that officers responded to reports of shots at 5:29 a.m. (0929 GMT) and found evidence of a discharged firearm. In another post, police said they had no information on a suspect. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said in a post on X, “The shooting is absolutely unacceptable. Canada will never tolerate intimidation and violence of any kind, including toward our American friends in Canada.” A State Department spokesperson said the U.S. was aware of the incident and was closely monitoring the situation in coordination with law enforcement. In a separate incident on Sunday, an improvised device exploded in Norway at the U.S. embassy in Oslo. Norwegian police were still searching for a suspect, with a possible link to the war in Iran among the lines of inquiry. In New York City, two men were charged with terrorism after throwing a homemade bomb at anti-Islam protesters over the weekend.