Police look for victim in alleged hate assault
Calgary police are searching for a person they believe may have been the victim of a hate-motivated assault.
Police said Monday the incident happened on Saturday, Oct. 6 around 4:30 p.m., when they were called to reports of an assault on the southbound CTrain before it arrived at Rundle Station.
“It is believed a man on the train began yelling at a South Asian Sikh man, telling him to ‘go back to your own country,’” police said in a news release.
“It is alleged that the man then hit the victim on the head with a piece of cardboard before both people exited train. The man continued yelling racial slurs at the victim as they walked off the platform and then the two went separate ways, with the victim heading towards Sunridge Mall.”
Police found the suspect, but did not locate the victim. Investigators believe the confrontation was “completely unprovoked.”
In releasing details of the incident and a photo of the people on the LRT platform, police are hoping the victim and witnesses will contact police so they can move the investigation forward.
Anyone with information about the incident is being asked to contact Calgary police or Crime Stoppers.