November 17, 2015

By Associated Press in Toronto

Canadian police have said that the assault and robbery of a Muslim woman in Toronto appears to have been “motivated by hate”.

Police said two men beat the woman up Monday while she was heading to pick up her son from school.

“It was a completely unprovoked attack,” said Constable Victor Kwong. “She was punched all over and kicked.

The two men used bigoted slurs and tried to rip off the woman’s hijab, Kwong said. She was robbed of her cellphone and some money, he said.

“There’s no doubt that this is hate-motivated,” Kwong said, noting that police typically see a spike in such incidents after events like the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/17/toronto-canada-muslim-woman-assault