Shock moment ‘racist’ attacker ‘throws lost Asian man, 92, with dementia to the ground and shouts coronavirus slurs’
POLICE are hunting for a suspect who threw a lost 92-year-old Asian man with dementia to the floor as he shouted racist coronavirus slurs.
The victim had been reported missing by his family before he was attacked in a convenience store in Vancouver on March 13.
"As a police department, we do not tolerate incidents motivated by bias, prejudice, or hate.
"It’s even more disturbing considering the victim’s age."
The report said that this attack was one of many racially targeted incidents that has occurred in Vancouver in recent weeks.
Eleven hate crimes were reported in March, with 45 per cent of these having anti-Asian elements.
Visintin said: “We know that hate crimes and hate-motivated incidents are generally underreported. We believe the increase in March is indicative of a larger issue.
“We are making a plea to victims or people who witness hate crimes to please come forward and report the incidents to police so they can be investigated.”
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