MONTREAL — An “enormous number” of alleged hate crimes have been reported in Montreal in the wake of Sunday’s shooting massacre at a mosque in Quebec City, officials say. “It (24) is an enormous number in 72 hours,” he said. Deparice-Okomba’s comments echoed those of Montreal police Chief Philippe Pichet, who told reporters the day prior that the force had also seen a spike in the number of reported hate crimes since the mosque attack. The Montreal police department investigated 55 hate crimes against religions in 2016 compared with 24 in 2013. We should be living in peace.”With files from the Montreal Gazette and The Canadian Press

Source: National Post February 02, 2017 02:30 UTC