Several GTA businesses, synagogue targeted with suspected hate-motivated graffiti: police

York Regional Police opportunity they’re looking for a fishy aft respective acts of suspected hate-motivated vandalism were reported successful a vicinity northbound of Toronto that is location to a ample Jewish community.

Police opportunity they’re investigating 7 instances of graffiti involving businesses and a synagogue that were spray painted pinch anti-Semitic messages successful Thornhill, a vicinity that includes parts of Vaughan and Markham.

They opportunity officers learned that betwixt 12 a.m. and 1 a.m. connected Monday, a fishy spray painted nan properties while wearing a Halloween-style mask.

Police opportunity investigators from their dislike crime portion fishy nan vandalism is hate-motivated.

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Investigators opportunity they’re looking for witnesses and are asking anyone pinch accusation to travel forward.

In Toronto, hate-motivated crimes person been connected nan rise, pinch constabulary antecedently saying that dislike crimes successful nan metropolis are up astir 55 per cent from past year.