The Toronto Police Service says an arrest has been made in connection with a suspected hate-motivated assault with a weapon earlier this month.
On Nov. 13, police say they responded to a call for a person with a knife in the Jane Street and Wilson Avenue area.
Get daily National news
Officers said the person approached the victim and assaulted him, before pulling out and using a knife and making homophobic remarks toward the victim.
On Friday, a 39-year-old man from Toronto was arrested and charged with assault, assault with a weapon and possessing, using or furnishing a dangerous weapon with intent to harm.
After consulting with the hate crime unit, police say the investigation is being treated as a suspected hate-motivated offence.
The man was scheduled to appear in court Tuesday morning. No details were made immediately available.
- B.C. school shooting victim tried to lock library door to save her classmates
- RCMP respond to reports of guns at schools in several Alberta communities
- Tumbler Ridge student says he doesn’t know how to return to school following mass shooting
- Tumbler Ridge shooting ‘tough to process,’ says community’s MP
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.