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Toronto police charge man with mischief after ‘hate-motivated’ graffiti found on bus | CBC News

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Toronto police have arrested and charged a man with mischief in an incident they allege was hate-motivated.

Man arrested in suspected hate incident on bus

A closeup of the doors on a Toronto police cruiser.
Toronto Police say a man boarded a TTC bus on December 2 and wrote hate-motivated graffiti on several windows. (Robert Krbavac/CBC)

Toronto police have arrested and charged a man with mischief in an incident they allege was hate-motivated.

Police say a man boarded a TTC bus in the city’s Jane and Bloor West area on December 2 and wrote hate-motivated graffiti on several windows.

The bus was then taken out of service.

A 51-year-old man has been charged with mischief – interfere with property, and he is scheduled to appear in court on February 2.

Police say the investigation is being treated as a suspected hate-motivated offence.

Officers did not give details on who was targeted in the graffiti messages.

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