A B.C. man has been charged with hate crimes after allegedly defacing the poster of a Israeli hostage and using anti-Semitic language in public.
The Vancouver Police Department says it launched an investigation on Oct. 22, 2023, when it received reports of someone vandalizing a poster with anti-Semitic words and images near Main Street and East King Edward. The poster was drawing attention to an Israeli person who was taken hostage by Hamas.
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