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Sikh 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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Mounties in Kelowna are investigating an assault on a Sikh high school student at a bus stop in the city Monday afternoon.

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CBC News

Sikh student attacked on bus home from school in Kelowna, B.C., RCMP say

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National Post

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.

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Winnipeg Free Press

Second Sikh youth 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 […]

3 months ago·Winnipeg, Canada

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Coast Reporter

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.

3 months ago·Sechelt, Canada

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