RCMP are looking for a suspect after they say a masked man attacked two young women wearing hijabs, knocking one unconscious and assaulting the second at knifepoint, in a daytime attack in St. Albert, Alta. The incident, which happened around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, is being investigated as a hate-motivated crime, St. Albert RCMP said Thursday. The St. Albert residents who are sisters in their 20's, were walking along a gravel pathway near Alderwood Park, bordering Edmonton's northwest. "Normally in St. Albert we don't see this type of crime very often, so people need to be vigilant," Burroughs said. St. Albert RCMP are working with the Edmonton Police Service.

Source: CBC News June 24, 2021 18:14 UTC