Hamilton police have laid additional charges in connection with a protest at Mohawk College in September — and are still looking to identify other suspects.

In a release, police said they have arrested one additional person and laid additional charges against Alaa Al Soufi.

The charges stem from altercations at a protest of a People’s Party of Canada fundraiser attended by party leader Maxime Bernier at Mohawk College on Sept. 29, 2019.

Al Soufi, 27, of Toronto, is the son of the owners of Soufi’s, a Syrian restaurant in Toronto. The family temporarily closed the restaurant citing death threats after the protest.

He is facing four additional charges of assault, theft under $5,000, intimidation, and disguise with intent.

Hamilton police Insp. David Hennick said the new charges, laid Nov. 19, stem from an incident in which Al Soufi allegedly approached a woman in the parking lot at the event, “impeded her way” and “slapped a baseball hat that she was wearing off of her head.” He allegedly picked up the hat and ran away.

The police have since identified the female victim. She supports police laying charges, Hennick said.

The theft charge is for theft of the hat.

Al Soufi is also charged with two counts of intimidation, two counts of disguise with intent and causing a disturbance. Those charges were laid following his Oct. 23 arrest.

The additional person newly arrested is Michael Lickers, 27, of Hamilton. He was arrested and charged on Nov. 27 with assault and intimidation and was released on a promise to appear.

Lickers’s arrest stems from an incident in which police allege he, along with two other protesters, allegedly blocked a man from entering the event. Lickers then tried to slap the man’s hat off. When the man defended himself, someone else then grabbed the man’s hat. When the man tried to chase the person who took his hat, he was allegedly tackled by another protester, Maximiliano Herrera, who is also facing charges.

Hennick wouldn’t give more information about the hats, but police previously said the hat in Lickers’ case was red.

On Tuesday, police also released five images showing three additional “suspects” whom the police are seeking assistance in identifying.

Suspect 1 is pictured in the police photo wearing glasses, a red toque and a red bandana; Suspect 2 wears a camouflaged jacket, a black hat and sunglasses, and has a beard; and Suspect 3 wears a black cloth covering their head and face, along with sunglasses.

Hennick said Suspects 1 and 3, along with Al Soufi, are alleged to have been involved in an incident in which protesters blocked a woman using a walker — 81-year-old Dorothy Marston — from entering the event. The protesters yelled “Nazi scum” at Marston and her husband. The incident was captured on camera and went viral on social media.

The three new suspects are all also under investigation for their involvement in an assault at the event.

Police have previously said Al Soufi’s charges stem from the incident captured on video.

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Hennick said suspects are alleged to have been involved in that incident along with another in which a man was assaulted.

In connection with the protest, police previously charged Maximiliano Herrera, 30, from Hamilton with intimidation and assault; Kevin Metcalf, 33, of Hamilton, with obstructing police; and Victoria Wojciechowska, 23, of Hamilton, with theft and disguise with intent.

Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Det. Const. James Durka at 905-546-8966, Det. Sgt. Marco DelConte at 905-546-3851 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.