

Chris Herhalt, CP24.com





Toronto police say they are treating the assault and robbery of a woman wearing Islamic garb near an elementary school in Toronto’s Flemingdon Park neighbourhood on Monday as a hate crime.

Const. Allyson Douglas-Cook says police were called at 3 p.m. to an area near Grenoble Public School, east of Gateway Boulevard and Don Mills Road after a woman said she was assaulted by individuals who allegedly hurled racial slurs at her during the attack.

Police said the woman was kicked and beaten, before fleeing to the school nearby, where someone inside called police for her.

The two male assailants allegedly robbed the woman of her cell phone, police said. The woman was on her way to pick up her son from school when she was attacked.

Toronto paramedics said they were called to 9 Grenoble Drive at 3:43 p.m. for a report of a female who was kicked. She was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.

Douglas-Cook said the woman wore clothing commonly associated with the Muslim faith, and the incident is being investigated as a hate crime.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police at 416-808-5400.