The person was targeted because of their religious attire, police say.
A man was arrested for a suspected hate-motivated assault after Toronto police said he attacked someone while making anti-Sikh remarks.
Authorities responded to the area of Adelaide Street West and Spadina Avenue on Thursday. The 44-year-old man from Toronto approached the victim and assaulted them with a metal pole “without provocation,” police said in a news release.
A 50-year-old Toronto man has been charged with criminal harassment and uttering threats.
The 32-year-old man is being charged with four offences, including two counts of uttering threats to cause death and assault with…
A stranger swung a pylon at him and attacked him with nearby garbage‑day trash and other debris.
Jewish agent Joseph Bitton says he was violently attacked in Toronto by a man who allegedly identified as a Yemeni Houthi…
The April incident had been recorded on video and shared widely by the National Council of Canadian Muslims on social media.
Toronto police Chief Myron Demkiw said the case underscored the need to strengthen the service's counter-terrorism security unit…
