A teenage boy has been arrested after a spate of racist graffiti targeting religious communities across Ottawa, police chief Charles Bordeleau confirmed Saturday during a solidarity event at a synagogue that was defaced earlier this week. Bordeleau said the suspect was caught after a Jewish community centre in west Ottawa was defaced overnight — the sixth incident of racist graffiti in less than a week. Jamie Harper said the teen was charged in relation to incidents across the city but could not confirm which specific cases. (Andrew Foote/CBC)A mosque and a church with a pastor who is black were spray-painted with racist graffiti on Friday, after two synagogues and a Jewish prayer centre were defaced with anti-Semitic messages earlier in the week. ​Premier Kathleen Wynne, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and Ontario Attorney General Yasir Naqvi, along with several religious figures, attended the event.

Source: CBC News November 19, 2016 17:02 UTC