A woman has been charged with assault and uttering threats in a case that Durham police are treating as possible hate crimes targeting Muslims. The first incident occurred on May 21 around 4:30 p.m. at the Oshawa Centre, a shopping mall at King St. and Stevenson Rd., police said in a news release Thursday. They say a woman approached a couple and made threats to the female, who was wearing a hijab. As the couple attempted walk away, police say a Muslim female bystander who intervened was kicked by the woman. A man, who police say was also Muslim, was kicked while trying to intervene in the second altercation.

Source: thestar June 08, 2017 18:30 UTC