Peel police are investigating a Sunday-evening incident in Mississauga as a hate crime after a woman was accused of yelling racial slurs, trying to remove another woman’s hijab and flicking a lighter at her.

The woman has been arrested and charged, but police are still trying to track down one of the victims.

The attack occurred around 6:30 p.m. Sunday at a bus shelter at the corner of Hurontario St. and Paisley Blvd. Police say an 18-year-old woman from Brampton was was approached by a woman who started yelling racial slurs and began flicking a lighter toward her.

“Police are calling this hate-motivated because of what was said at the scene,” said Peel regional police Const. Danny Marttini.

In a statement, Peel Police said an “unidentified female” who intervened was also attacked and “an attempt was made to remove her hijab.”

This woman left before police arrived.

Police said they are concerned for the unidentified victim’s well-being, and want to speak to her regarding the details of the incident.

“We're really hoping that either somebody knows (something) or that the victim sees this or hears about it and then comes into contact with us so we can make sure that they're OK,” Marttini said.

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A third victim, a 56-year-old Mississauga woman, also had racial slurs made toward her and was also assaulted, police said.

Sandra Alexander, 35, of Mississauga, has been charged with assault with a weapon, uttering threats to cause bodily harm and assault.

She will be in court next month.

Police say the incident is “believed to be hate motivated.”

The attack is the latest in a string of racially charged incidents in the GTA in recent weeks.

Muhammed Abu Marzouk, 39, was brutally assaulted by in front of his wife and two daughters outside Mississauga Valley Community Centre and Library on July 15 in an attack Peel police are investigating as a hate crime.

Two brothers, Adem and Janis Corhamzic, 27 and 19, both from Brampton, have been charged with aggravated assault and two counts of assault in the case.

Last week, a video of a man confronting a family near Toronto’s waterfront, threatening them and profanely shouting they are in “my province” went viral on social media.

On Friday, Toronto police charged Lombray Ball, 50, with two counts of assault and threatening death.

On Saturday, Hamilton police charged a 47-year-old Stoney Creek man with dangerous driving, failing to remain at the scene of an accident and threatening death after another video of a racial confrontation went viral.

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In the video, taken in a Walmart parking lot, the driver of a pickup truck can be seen shouting at a couple and threatening their children.

“I’m racist as f---. I don’t like you. I don’t like her. I would kill your children first,” the man says.

Anyone with information can call police at 905-453—2121, ext. 1233 or Peel Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.

With files from the Canadian Press