The ramming attack against a synagogue near Detroit, Michigan, on Thursday was the latest in a string of violent incidents targeting synagogues in the US and other countries.

An attacker armed with a rifle rammed a truck through the doors of Temple Israel, in West Bloomfield, which says it is the largest Reform congregation in the US.

Armed guards fired on the attacker and he was killed at the scene, police said.

One of the guards was struck by the vehicle and injured, but is expected to recover. The children and staff who were in the synagogue were unscathed and all accounted for, the congregation said.

There have been at least seven incidents targeting Diaspora synagogues this month, including the Michigan attack.

On Friday night, a shooter fired through the glass doors of Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto, a Modern Orthodox synagogue in the Thornhill neighborhood. Two maintenance workers were still cleaning up after a Shabbat dinner.

Just 30 minutes later, a shooter approached the Orthodox Shaarei Shomayim congregation in North York, about 10 kilometers (6 miles) south, and fired multiple rounds at the entrance. In both cases, only the buildings were damaged, and no injuries were reported.

Another Toronto synagogue was hit with gunfire on March 2, less than two hours after a Purim event there concluded, while the community’s rabbi was still inside. No injuries were reported.

A Toronto Jewish girls school has been fired on three times in the past year, and a Montreal synagogue has been firebombed twice since the start of the Gaza war.

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