RCMP investigate violent altercation in New Brunswick as possible hate crime
Steven Zhou, spokesperson for the National Council of Canadian Muslims – which has been in contact with the family and posted the video to its social media – said the attacker was shouting for the Muslim woman to “go back to her country.”He also noted that the altercation happened in front of her seven-year-old son. “The whole family is shaken,” Zhou said in an interview Friday, noting the victim suffered a concussion, a bloody nose, multiple cuts and swelling to her face. The RCMP said in a news release Thursday that officers were called to an altercation involving multiple people in a parking lot on Saturday night and are working to determine if hate was a factor.
- ▪Steven Zhou, spokesperson for the National Council of Canadian Muslims – which has been in contact with the family and posted the video to its social media – said the attacker was shouting for the Muslim woman to “go back to her country.”He
- ▪“The whole family is shaken,” Zhou said in an interview Friday, noting the victim suffered a concussion, a bloody nose, multiple cuts and swelling to her face.
- ▪The RCMP said in a news release Thursday that officers were called to an altercation involving multiple people in a parking lot on Saturday night and are working to determine if hate was a factor.
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ShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountThe RCMP says it’s investigating a possible hate crime in southeastern New Brunswick, after a video appearing to show a woman assaulting a Muslim woman was posted online.The video, which does not have audio, shows one woman repeatedly punching another in a Moncton, N.B., parking lot as a man shouts at the victim. Steven Zhou, spokesperson for the National Council of Canadian Muslims – which has been in contact with the family and posted the video to its social media – said the attacker was shouting for the Muslim woman to “go back to her country.”He also noted that the altercation happened in front of her seven-year-old son.
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