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Toronto public transport to get more police as random attacks hit ‘crisis level’

Toronto public transport to get more police as random attacks hit ‘crisis level’

Police chief says 80 officers will be immediately dispatched to subways and stations as attacks bring city to ‘crisis point’

Toronto police has announced plans to deploy more officers on the city’s public transport system as a transit workers’ union warned that a string of random attacks on passengers had brought Canada’s largest city to “crisis point”.

The city’s police chief, Myron Demkiw, said on Thursday that 80 officers would be immediately dispatched to subways and stations “to enhance the safety and security” of transit users. Earlier in the day, police arrested one person following reports of teens shooting at a passenger with a BB gun.

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