Islamic State claims deadly Toronto attack that killed 2 in Canada

The group’s propaganda agency Amaq said the attacker was “one of the soldiers of the Islamic State”.

The Islamic State group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a weekend shooting that killed two people in Canada’s Toronto.

Police officers enter a coffee shop damaged by gunfire while investigating a mass shooting on Danforth Avenue in Toronto, Canada. (Reuters Photo)

The group’s propaganda agency Amaq said the attacker was “one of the soldiers of the Islamic State”.

“He carried out the attack in response to calls to target nationals of countries of the coalition” fighting IS in Syria and Iraq since 2014, it said.