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Ottawa police have charged a 32-year-old man with mischief over $5,000 in connection with the vandalism of an Indigenous painting at Algonquin College.

The Ottawa Police Service said frontline officers arrested the man at the college on Saturday.

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Someone defaced the mural with yellow paint on Tuesday night. Security cameras captured the alleged crime and the college released images of a suspect.

Photo by Algonquin College

Algonquin College president Claude Brulé said the vandalism “has caused great pain in our college community.”

Brulé said the mural had been created in consultation with students and Indigenous elders and took seven months to complete.

Police said any evidence to support a motivation of hate would be presented during sentencing if the accused was convicted.

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