Terrorist who shot at Montreal Jewish school sentenced to 66 months in prison for 2023 attack

A Quebec court sentenced Abdirazak Mahdi Ahmed, 23, to 66 months in prison on Monday, nearly three years after he was involved in a shooting at the entrance of Yeshiva Gedola, a Jewish school in Montreal's Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood, approximately one month after the October 7, 2023, massacre.The sentence followed Ahmed's guilty plea in September and matched a joint recommendation submitted by the prosecution and defense."A person who commits this kind of an attack on schools is, in the eyes of this court, a coward," Quebec Court Judge Pierre Labelle said during sentencing.The shooting occurred on Sunday, November 12, 2023, shortly before 5:00 a.m. on Deacon Road in Montreal.According to the Montreal Gazette, Ahmed and an accomplice arrived at the yeshiva in a stolen vehicle, and Ahmed fired a 9 mm handgun toward one of the building's doors.He then entered the passenger seat of the moving vehicle, and the two fled the scene.Police responding to the shooting discovered bullet holes in the entrance door and spent shell casings on the ground. The building was unoccupied at the time, and no injuries were reported.DNA, cellphone records and undercover officer linked suspect to shootingCanadian media reported that the getaway vehicle, an Acura, had been stolen the previous day.Police located the abandoned vehicle several hours after the shooting and recovered ammunition, a ski mask…