Five wanted in swarming assault of Muslim woman at Oshawa Pizza Place
- A Muslim woman was swarmed and assaulted by a group of teens at a Pizza Pizza restaurant in Oshawa, Ontario, with her hijab ripped off and being repeatedly kicked, in an incident being investigated as a possible hate crime.
- The victim's daughter said her mother had noted an upsurge in Islamophobic attitudes at her business, and the family sees the alleged swarming as an escalation of that trend.
- Amira Elghawaby, federal special representative on combatting Islamophobia, condemned the attack and called for it to be fully investigated and for hate crime charges to be laid if warranted, noting that wearing a head scarf can put a target on Muslim women.
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Five wanted, including three girls, in swarming assault of Muslim woman at Oshawa Pizza Pizza
Durham police said in a Saturday news release that they are searching for five suspects who “appear to be young people” after they allegedly swarmed and assaulted a person at the Wentworth Street West restaurant around 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
Since political figures allowed the worst outings on women wearing the scarf, the Muslim French women concerned have been confronted with increasingly uncomplicated verbal or physical violence by passers-by or business leaders.

Victim's hijab 'violently' pulled off during alleged swarming attack: advocates
OSHAWA — A swarming attack on a business owner in Oshawa, Ont.
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