Edmonton police are investigating another incident involving threats against a young Black woman wearing a hijab. The woman was at the Century Park LRT Station on Feb. 17 when she was threatened by "a male suspect," police said in a news release Wednesday. The incident — the fifth such attack in Edmonton on Black women wearing head coverings in a 10-week period — prompted a call for action from the National Council of Canadian Muslims. On Dec. 15, a 23-year-old Black woman had just entered the Southgate LRT Station when she was attacked by a stranger. On Dec. 8, two Somali women wearing hijabs were sitting in their vehicle in the parking lot of Southgate Centre when a man smashed their window and assaulted them.

Source: CBC News February 24, 2021 23:48 UTC