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For George Bagenas, the deadly shots in the Toronto Greeks are just the culmination of a city recently grappling with incomprehensible violence – large-scale murders that seem to occur at a steady pace.
"It does not happen one day," said Bagenas, where he was invited to the Eton House, not far from the attack of Danforth Avenue, often very busy. "It's random – it's everywhere in the city, everywhere in Toronto," he said.
On Monday, all the televisions of The Eton House were set on the news because the few customers inside were eager to hear new information about the brazen Sunday night shootout that left a 10-year-old girl and 18-year-old A young woman, Reese Fallon, died
The bombing again plunged Toronto into international limelight, about three months after the city was shaken by an badault on pickup truck that killed 10 people and injured a dozen more. [19659006] "Almost inconceivable"
On Monday night, Toronto police reported that 16 people had been killed in total, including the deceased gunman, who was identified as 29-year-old Faisal Hussain. The video shows a man dressed in black clothes and a black hat pulling on the sidewalk.
"It's almost inconceivable that this kind of thing could happen," Toronto Mayor John Tory said shortly after the attack. "We were so used to living in a city where these things did not happen and as we saw them unfolding in the world around us, we thought they did not happen here – they could not or did not did not have to. " 19659009] Despite recent violence, Toronto Mayor John Tory says people should stay calm and that Toronto remains a safe place to live. (Nick Kozak / Canadian Press)
Despina Tsaoussis, a waitress in one of the nearby restaurants where the shooting took place, said she was returning to Toronto five months ago after living in Greece. She said that she was shocked to live abroad, her hometown was doing international news.
"You hear about different parts of America and crazy incidents like this, shooting in schools, in public places". "In our mind, we had the feeling that Toronto was … still safe, but last year, a lot of things happened."
Toronto has also attracted the attention of the whole world for the murders of the billionaire couple Barry and Honey Sherman and the arrest of the alleged serial killer, Bruce McArthur, were accused in the deaths of eight men, many of whom were related to the gay village of the city.
Meanwhile, other shootings in Toronto's public spheres. the most shocking perhaps, a playground where two young sisters were injured – put violence in the spotlight.
Monday morning, the city councilor and former deputy mayor, Norm Kelly, tweeted that he "can not believe that the city that I love is falling apart before my eyes because of the actions of some sick people. "
The city I love is breaking up in front of my eyes because of the actions of some sick people. More thoughts and prayers. Action and results, now. #TorontoStrong
– @norm
Bagenas, too, says it's not the same Toronto where he grew up, where he was not afraid to walk in the street at the age of 10 years old.
"I will not let my daughter walk on the street," he said. "Not by herself, not at all."
And he said that he did not believe that putting more police on the road would solve the problem.
"How is it going to prevent a random guy from getting out of nowhere ?, take out a gun and start firing random people," Bagenas said.
More than 200 shootings so far
But the mayor, calling this recent aggression indescribable tragedy, said people should stay calm.
"We are very fortunate to live in a very safe place and" Tory said:
Experts like Jooyoung Lee, an badociate professor of sociology at the University of Toronto, are in agreement.
"For a city of this size, Toronto is one of the two or three safest cities in North America," Lee told CBC News earlier this month
The shootings so far this year, including 29 mortals.
According to experts, Toronto is one of the safest cities in North America for long-time residents like Tom Sotiriou (Mark Gollom / CBC)
"It's getting worse and worse – everyone knows it," said Tom Sotiriou, who has lived in Toronto for 58 years. "Do you see how many shootings a day, for the sake of God?"
But others, like Tamsin Smith, who lives in the Danforth district, said that all major cities have their problems and Toronto is not different. And despite some of the recent violence, she believes Toronto remains a safe city
Lim Fong said that he believed it was just a matter of time that Toronto was hit by large-scale attacks. (Mark Gollom / CBC "
" It's just the scale of these events, it's on a larger scale and it's very personal, "he said. she says, "Because we are a friendly city and these things should not happen here."
Lim Fong, who also lives in the neighborhood, said that he too had not changed his opinion on the city.
my wife: "Eventually, it will happen, it's a big city." And as far as major cities go, I think it's as safe as possible. "
