Police treating recent vandalism as hate motivated incident
Posted March 6, 2022 5:17 pm.
Last Updated March 6, 2022 5:27 pm.
Toronto police are treating a recent act of vandalism as a suspected hate motivated incident.
Police say just before 10:30 p.m. on Saturday night, a number of vehicles parked at the Cineplex theatre at Queensway and Islington avenues were damaged by a sledgehammer.
Police say the damaged vehicles had Russian flags displayed in their windshields.
The suspects are described as male, one in his late teens wearing a grey sweater and another wearing a black sweater. The pair were last seen fleeing the scene in a dark grey Acura.
“After consultation with the Service’s specialized Hate Crime Unit, the investigation is being treated as a suspected hate motivated offence,” police said in a statement on Sunday.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police.
