A 20-year-old Greater Sudbury man is facing charges following what Greater Sudbury police are referring to as a ‘hate-motivated assault’ on Cedar Street at 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 15.
In a media release, police reported that two males assaulted two other males in an “unprovoked attack.”
During the assault, police report that one of the suspects assaulted racial slurs while one of the suspects “removed a garment of religious significance” from one of the victims.
The victims sustained minor injuries as a result of the incident, according to police.
Due to the hate-based nature of this incident, the incident has been assigned to a detective in Greater Sudbury Police Service’s Major Crime Section of their Criminal Investigations Division who is specifically trained as a hate-bias/hate-motivated crime investigator.
A 20-year-old Greater man was arrested without incident on Dec. 19 and charged with Assault x 2, Assault Causing Bodily Harm and Robbery.
He was released to appear in court on Jan. 22.
A second 20-year-old Greater Sudbury man was arrested without incident on Dec. 21, charged with Assault and released to appear in court on Jan 22.
“The Greater Sudbury Police Service takes reports of Hate-motivated crime and hate-bias incidents very seriously and we want to assure you that we are committed to investigating these situations thoroughly,” GSPS reported in their media release.
In this release, they noted that community members can report incidents of hate-motivated crime and hate-bias incidents through their online reporting system by clicking here.
These incidents are reviewed within 24 hours, by which time the complainant is contacted by a hate crime investigator.
Incidents can also be reported by calling 911 or 705-675-9171.