Ottawa hospitals, Jewish organizations receive bomb threats, RCMP investigating [Video]

Hospitals, synagogues and Jewish organizations in Ottawa were among the more than a hundred across Canada who received identical bomb threats on Wednesday morning.

A spokesperson for B’nai Brith Canada says the threats were sent from one email to institutions across the country shortly after 5 a.m. EDT.

About a dozen synagogues and Jewish community centres in Ottawa were sent the email, which contained violent language.

“The email did suggest that the institutions that were targeted were targeted because the individuals that would be in attendance at those institutions did not deserve to live,” said Richard Robertson, director of research and advocacy at B’nai Brith Canada. “It’s a deeply concerning threat and it’s one that is rooted in the enhancing levels of antisemitism and incitement against the Jewish community that we’ve been witnessing for a number of months now.”

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) said it’s believed …