Source: Huffington Post
By Anna Mehler Paperny
TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto police are investigating an attack on an 11-year-old girl whose hijab headcovering was repeatedly cut on her way to school on Friday, heightening pressure on Canadian governments to take further action against attacks on Muslims.
An assailant, in two attempts within 10 minutes, cut the girl’s hijab using scissors while she was walking to school with her brother, a Toronto police spokeswoman said.
The hijab is a head covering worn by some Muslim women and girls. It covers the hair but not the face.
“I felt confused, scared, terrified,” Khawlah Noman, who is in Grade 6, told reporters at her school on Friday.
“I screamed. The man just ran away. We followed this crowd of people to be safe. He came again. He continued cutting my hijab again.”
Categories: Canada, Hate Crime, Hijab, North America, The Muslim Times
Latest new on this issues, Reported hijab attack on 11-year-old girl ‘did not happen,’ Toronto police say
Police previously said they were treating case as a possible hate crime
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/toronto/scarborough-hijab-attack-1.4487716
Why the median does not have the following up report once the truth revealed???
not funny. Those making up the story should be charged too. It is a ‘hate crime’ in reverse.