TORONTO --
An Ontario man has been arrested in connection with an incident in which a Muslim mother and daughter from Hamilton were the victims of a hate crime and assault, receiving death threats and racial slurs.
On July 12, Hamilton police say that a mother and daughter were walking through a parking lot in the Ancaster Meadowlands when a man pulled out of a parking spot and almost struck one of the victims.
Police said the interaction quickly escalated to the suspect uttering death threats towards the victims while hurling racial slurs targeting the Muslim community.
The mother and daughter ran across the street and hid to evade the suspect, who police said was searching for the pair.