and Sheppard Ave. E.Over the next 10 minutes, she said she was attacked not once, but twice, by a man who is now a suspect in a Toronto police hate crime investigation. Protected from the rain was the 11-year-old’s light blue hijab — the target of a man holding a pair of scissors with a blue handle. Police are investigating this as a hate crime, but the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General will need to approve any hate crime related charges associated with the assault. We need to find ways to get communities to trust the criminal process, and report hate crimes.”Khawlah’s light blue hijab is now with police as evidence. Wearing a white hijab loaned from a friend, she softly gave a message to her attacker.

Source: thestar January 12, 2018 17:06 UTC