B.C. RCMP say incident outside mosque was not a racially-motivated hate crime
Police in British Columbia say an episode involving a car outdoors a mosque that had been known as a “disturbing incident” directed on the Muslim group was not a racially-motivated hate crime.
A information launch Saturday from the Surrey RCMP says the 2 suspects are youngsters who belong to the Muslim group and are co-operating with the investigation.
RCMP had acquired a report Wednesday evening alleging somebody in a shifting car had thrown water at three pedestrians and minutes later the car veered off the street and nearly struck one of many individuals strolling.
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The Nationwide Council of Canadian Muslims, the B.C. Muslim Affiliation, had mentioned it was “gravely involved.”
Police say subsequent steps to resolve the matter could contain the BC Prosecution Service or a restorative justice method outdoors the courts that “would permit all events to return collectively and categorical the impacts that this incident had on them and the higher group.”
Assistant Commissioner Brian Edwards of the Surrey RCMP says this incident exhibits the significance of reporting all disturbances to the police to allow them to be totally investigated.
