Shots fired at US consulate in Toronto, police say
Shots were fired at the US consulate in Toronto in the early hours of Tuesday, the city's police are reporting.
Toronto police said in a post on X that officers responded to reports that someone had fired at the building around 5:30am.
They added that officers who arrived at the scene found evidence of "firearm discharge", but reported that no one had been wounded.
Television images showed what appear to be two bullet holes in the buildings glass doors.
In a subsequent post, the police said they were currently investigating the incident but had no information regarding the suspect and their motives.
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The reports come after an impovised device exploded in Norway at the US embassy in Oslo on Sunday.
The Norwegian police published two images of the suspect, whose face was not visible in surveillance footage.
But police said in a statement that the"individual has still not been identified and we have no specific suspects, " adding that a possible link with the US-Israeli war on Iran is among the lines of inquiry.
Images circulated on social media showed shattered glass outside the main entrance.
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