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Seeking witnesses to a hate-motivated incident on OC Transpo

The OPS is investigating an assault and threats directed at a Muslim woman in her late teens in Kanata late afternoon yesterday, on board an OC Transpo bus.

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— Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) August 12, 2025

Yesterday, a young Muslim woman in Ottawa suffered an unprovoked assault on public transit, including with reprehensible Islamophobic threats and slurs. 
 
Hate and violence have no place in our city, or our country. The perpetrator must be held accountable, and my thoughts today…

— Mark Carney (@MarkJCarney) August 13, 2025

I was distraught to learn of the reprehensible and unprovoked assault, including Islamophobic slurs and threats, on a young Muslim woman on an OC Transpo bus yesterday. I strongly condemn this act of violence and hatred; it has no place in our community. Everyone should feel safe…

— Mark Sutcliffe (@_MarkSutcliffe) August 12, 2025