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


A member of law enforcement personnel works at the scene outside the U.S. Consulate after shots were fired, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 10, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Kyaw Soe Oo

TORONTO/WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - ⁠Shots were fired at the U.S. consulate in ⁠Toronto early on Tuesday but no one was ‌injured, police said, in what Canada's public safety minister described as an unacceptable incident.

Toronto police said on X they 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 potential suspect.

"The shooting ... is absolutely unacceptable. Canada will never tolerate intimidation ⁠and violence of any kind, including towards ​our American friends ‌in Canada," Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said ⁠in a ​post on X.

In a statement, the State Department said it was aware of the incident and was closely monitoring ⁠the situation in coordination with local ​law enforcement.

Separately, on Sunday, an improvised device exploded in Norway at the U.S. embassy in Oslo, and police were ⁠still searching for a suspect, with a possible link to the Iran war among the lines of inquiry.

In New York City, two men have been charged with ​terrorism after throwing a homemade ⁠bomb at anti-Islam protesters over the weekend.

(Reporting by Caroline Stauffer ​and Bhargav Acharya in Toronto, ‌Susan Heavey and Katharine Jackson ​in Washington and David Ljunggren in Ottawa; Editing by Bernadette Baum, Andrew Heavens and Sharon Singleton)

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