TORONTO – Police are seeking public help to identify a suspect in a possible hate crime, after a woman wearing a hijab was attacked in Scarborough Thursday.
Police say the woman was riding the Scarborough LRT when a female passenger pulled on the woman’s hijab, kicked her and began yelling profanities at her.
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They both exited the train, where the alleged assailant continued uttering racial slurs, police said.
The suspect is described as 20 to 30 years old, standing 5’5″, with shoulder-length dark hair.
She was wearing dark-framed prescription glasses, a blue bomber-style winter jacket, skinny jeans, and black shoes. She was also carrying a beige purse.
Anyone with information is asked to call Toronto police or Crime Stoppers.
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