The Montreal Police says they have arrested a 24-year-old man in relation to an assault on a Jewish man in the Dickie Moore park in the municipality of Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension.
The assault was partially Captured on video, sizzle public protest While people shared images of the victim who was beaten on the ground in front of their children.
In a press release on Monday, the Montréal Ville Said the suspect was arrested after intensive investigation.
Police said the suspect is being questioned by the investigators and that a file will be sent to the Quebec Corona prosecutor’s office, the DIRECTEUR DES POURSUITES CRIMINELLES et Pénales (DPCP), for possible positions.
“The SPVM has not saved any effort to locate the suspect and continue his investigation to throw full light on the circumstances of this criminal act,” the statement said.
“The SPVM wishes to thank citizens who contributed to this result by providing us with information that facilitated the suspect’s location.”
The incident occurred on August 8 around 2:20 pm, police said, when the victim arrived in the park with their young children. The SPVM said that the suspect, who was in the park splash zone, approached the victim and sprayed him with the content of his water bottle.
Police said the victim tried to talk to the suspect, who allegedly pushed him to the ground, hit him several times on his face and knelt him before leaving east on the east on Beaumont Avenue around 2:26 pm.
The 28 -second video that circulates online does not show what led to the incident, but begins with the assailant to horcated in the assault and hitting the victim, which is on the ground, several times.
The victim, who seems to be dressed in the traditional Jewish outfit, puts himself on his knees and one of at least two children clings to him. The attacker collects some belongings in a bag of groceries and then throws what seems to be a KippaA head that covers Jewish men and children in a splash zone.
The SPVM said the investigation is ongoing. The reason for the assault was not identified in the press release.
CBC News requested information about possible DPCP charges Monday afternoon, but did not receive an answer.
Rabbi Saul Emanuel, Executive Director of the Jewish Community Council of Montreal, sent a press release shortly after the arrest by calling a hate crime.
“This was not just an assault. It was a public act of anti -Semitic humiliation designed to terrorize an entire community,” Emanuel said.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Mark Carney issued a statement about the attack, saying in X that “it was a terrible act of violence. All in Canada have an inalienable right to live safely.”
