As is so very often the case.
“RCMP in Surrey, B.C., say incident at mosque not a racially motivated hate crime,” Canadian Press, April 30, 2022 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Police in British Columbia say an episode involving a vehicle outside a mosque that had been called a “disturbing incident” directed at the Muslim community was not a racially-motivated hate crime.
A news release Saturday from the Surrey RCMP says the two suspects are teenagers who belong to the Muslim community and are co-operating with the investigation.
RCMP had received a report Wednesday night alleging someone in a moving vehicle had thrown water at three pedestrians and minutes later the automobile veered off the road and almost struck one of the people walking.
The National Council of Canadian Muslims, the B.C. Muslim Association, had said it was “gravely concerned.”…
