US EditionSikh student attacked while taking bus home from school in Kelowna, RCMP say
- A 17-year-old Sikh student in Kelowna, Canada was bear or pepper sprayed by another teenage male after an altercation on a bus. The student was threatened and physically assaulted while the bus driver allegedly did not intervene.
- The police have identified a teenage suspect and are collecting video evidence to determine the motivation behind the attack. The World Sikh Organization is calling for the investigation of the bus driver's response.
- This incident is the second attack on a Sikh student in Kelowna this year. The student, who is new to Canada, fears returning to school due to the attack and racially motivated insults.
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Another Sikh student attacked on bus in Kelowna, B.C., police say
Police say a Sikh high school student in Kelowna, B.C., was pepper sprayed after an "altercation" on a bus on Monday, in the second instance of violence against a Sikh youth riding public transit in the city this year.
Police say another Sikh student attacked on bus in Kelowna
KELOWNA — Police say a Sikh high school student in Kelowna was pepper sprayed after an "altercation" on a bus on Monday, in the second instance of violence against a Sikh youth riding public transit in the city this year.
Police say another Sikh student attacked on bus in Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA, B.C. — Police say a Sikh high school student in Kelowna, B.C., was pepper sprayed after an "altercation" on a bus on Monday, in the second instance of violence against a Sikh youth riding public transit in the city this year.
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