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Toronto Police will not lay charges after receiving a phony complaint last week from an 11-year-old girl who claimed a man cut her hijab with scissors.

The hoax received international attention on Friday when Khawlah Noman said she was attacked while walking to school in the Bicrchmount Rd.-Bay Mills Blvd. area.

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The incident never happened, said police spokesman Mark Pugash.

“Investigators were right on it and gathered evidence, interviews and video surveillance. The only conclusion was that it didn’t happen,” Pugash said.

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Noman held a press conference with her family and the Toronto District School Board on Friday.

Pugash said even though the investigation involved “significant” police hours, there will be no charges involving the fabricated police report.