NewzInvestigators are treating the incidents as a suspected case of hate-motivated mischief A 56-year-old man is facing charges after an East York church was targeted by violence three times in just over a week. Toronto police say on July 24, they were called to a church in the area of Cosburn Avenue and Pape Avenue after a rock was thrown through the window.
Investigators say they were called to the same location a week later for a similar incident. On August 1, police were in the area when they observed a man throwing a rock through a window of the same church. Khaliq Hussain Anwar, 56, of Toronto, has been charged with three counts of mischief relating to religious property.
If convicted of a criminal offence which has been motivated by bias, prejudice or hate, the judge in the case can take hate as an aggravating factor when imposing sentence.
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