“Head-Scarfed Muslim Woman Attacked in Canada Grocery Store”

From Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Police in London, Ont., are looking for this woman after a woman, with her four-month-old son, was attacked in a grocery store.

This is the fourth reported event against visible minorities in Ontario in the past eight months

A Muslim woman shopping with her four-month-old son was attacked in a London, Ont., supermarket Monday, according to police.

The woman was at the Superking Supermarket at 785 Wonderland Rd. S. at approximately 5 p.m. when another woman approached her and began yelling at her for no apparent reason, police said.

The woman, unknown to the shopper, allegedly spat on the victim, punched her several times and then pulled at the victim’s hijab and hair, police said.

The suspect then left the store. Store managers were unavailable for comment when contacted by CBC.

Police are looking for a woman standing five feet five inches and weighing 150 pounds. She is about 40 years old with a medium build, long black hair pulled back in a ponytail. She was wearing a red Canada T-shirt and black pants and was carrying a green purse.

Police say the suspect spoke with a “heavy accent,” but they are unsure what language she was speaking.

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