Toronto man charged for multiple ‘hate-motivated’ assaults in Scarborough
Posted March 30, 2021 12:24 pm.
Toronto police say they have arrested and charged a man for multiple “hate-motivated” assaults that took place in Scarborough on Monday.
Police were contacted about three separate incidents in the Morningside Avenue and Sheppard Avenue East area shortly before 11:30 a.m.
In the first incident, a man was eating lunch outside a nearby plaza when an unknown man allegedly approached him and kicked him. The same man was seen allegedly grabbing a woman and ripping off her hijab and in a third incident, the man was seen wrestling with another man and knocked a cup out of his hand.
When officers arrived, they found and arrested 45-year-old Sayid Ahmed Abdullahi. He is charged with assault.
He was scheduled to appear virtually in court on Tuesday.
