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Police arrest Toronto man in suspected hate-motivated incident on TTC

Officers with Toronto's Hate Crime Unit have arrested a man in connection with a suspected hate-motivated incident in the Bloor Street West and Jane Street area. The Toronto Police Services emblem at TPS headquarters, in Toronto on May 17, 2022. Christopher Katsarov / The Canadian Press

Toronto Police Service’s Hate Crime Unit say they have arrested a 51-year-old man from Toronto in connection with a suspected hate-motivated incident on the TTC earlier this month.

Officers say a man boarded a TTC bus in the Bloor Street West and Jane Street area on Dec. 2. and then allegedly wrote hate-motivated graffiti on several of the bus’s windows.

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The vehicle was taken out of service after the incident.

Toronto police said in a statement Sunday morning that they had arrested a suspect, who now faces charges of mischief for interfering with property.

He is scheduled to appear in court next February.

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