Two Muslim women were accosted and verbally assaulted on a Toronto subway train on Wednesday night, the TTC said, and anti-Muslim graffiti was found on a GO Transit train.
TTC spokesman Brad Ross condemned the incident, which he said took place around 6 p.m. Wednesday night at Sherbourne Station.
The TTC has "zero tolerance for these kind of people," Ross told CBC News.
Two men and a woman boarded a train and proceeded to make racist comments about the two Muslim women, including an implication that they could be terrorists, he said.
The woman who was in the group that made the racial slurs allegedly pushed one of the Muslim women, Ross said.
A witness on the train activated the emergency alarm and the Toronto police officers and TTC special constables responded to the scene. The offenders, however, fled.
Police are investigating and officers took statements from the victims and witness, Ross said.
The TTC is providing surveillance images to police in hope of finding those responsible.
Police are investigating.
I really feel sorry for the sisters, this is only going to get worst
Remember nonmuslims will never love a muslim, their hatred increases by the day
TTC spokesman Brad Ross condemned the incident, which he said took place around 6 p.m. Wednesday night at Sherbourne Station.
The TTC has "zero tolerance for these kind of people," Ross told CBC News.
Two men and a woman boarded a train and proceeded to make racist comments about the two Muslim women, including an implication that they could be terrorists, he said.
The woman who was in the group that made the racial slurs allegedly pushed one of the Muslim women, Ross said.
A witness on the train activated the emergency alarm and the Toronto police officers and TTC special constables responded to the scene. The offenders, however, fled.
Police are investigating and officers took statements from the victims and witness, Ross said.
The TTC is providing surveillance images to police in hope of finding those responsible.
Police are investigating.
I really feel sorry for the sisters, this is only going to get worst
Remember nonmuslims will never love a muslim, their hatred increases by the day
