{"id":22814,"date":"2026-07-12T08:12:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T08:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=22814"},"modified":"2026-07-12T08:12:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T08:12:04","slug":"two-killed-five-injured-in-shooting-at-toronto-salsa-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/07\/12\/two-killed-five-injured-in-shooting-at-toronto-salsa-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Two killed, five injured in shooting at Toronto Salsa Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Two people were killed and five others injured in a shooting during the annual Salsa Festival in Toronto, Canadian police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement posted on X, Toronto Police said the incident occurred at 8:12 p.m. local time on Saturday in the city\u2019s Midtown area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two victims died at the scene, while five injured people were taken to hospital for treatment, said the statement, but have not yet released details about the suspect, the motive behind the shooting, or whether anyone has been arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was \u201chorrified\u201d by the incident in a post on X, expressing condolences to the victims\u2019 families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also pledged the federal government\u2019s full support for law enforcement efforts to identify and apprehend those responsible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Toronto Salsa Festival is an annual cultural celebration of the city\u2019s Latin American community, and this year\u2019s event marked its 22nd edition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Two people were killed and five others injured in a shooting during the annual Salsa Festival in Toronto, Canadian police said. In a statement posted on X, Toronto Police said the incident occurred at 8:12 p.m. local time on Saturday in the city\u2019s Midtown area. Two victims died at the scene, while five injured [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22814"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22814"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22816,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22814\/revisions\/22816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}