Last week in Toronto, Canada, an 11-year-old girl reported that “a man tried to cut off her hijab as she walked to school.”
"I felt really scared and confused."
An 11-year-old Toronto girl says a man approached her while she was walking to school on Friday morning and attempted twice to cut off her hijab with scissors. pic.twitter.com/v8x12wZaht
— CBC News (@CBCNews) January 12, 2018
The story quickly caught fire in the media, and the allegation had even Prime Minister Justin Trudeau commenting:
My heart goes out to Khawlah Noman following this morning’s cowardly attack on her in Toronto. Canada is an open and welcoming country, and incidents like this cannot be tolerated.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) January 12, 2018
Just one problem: Toronto police now say it didn’t happen:
BREAKING: Toronto police say 11-year-old girl's report of having her hijab cut by a scissors-wielding man did not happen https://t.co/XMPvWH7mjU pic.twitter.com/08DBx1lqRL
— The Canadian Press News (@CdnPressNews) January 15, 2018
BREAKING: Attack on girl wearing hijab did not happen, Toronto police say in news release. 'After a detailed investigation, police have determined that the events described in the original news release did not happen.'
— CBC Toronto (@CBCToronto) January 15, 2018
BREAKING: Toronto police say alleged attack on 11-year-old girl in a hijab did not happen as reported https://t.co/cHvWCrv1zU
— CBC Toronto (@CBCToronto) January 15, 2018
From the National Post:
“These allegations were extremely serious and not surprisingly, they received national and international attention,” police spokesman Mark Pugash said in an interview. “We investigated, we put together a significant amount of evidence and we came to the conclusion that what was described did not happen.”
Pugash said police don’t know how the story escalated and he’s not sure it’s their job to speculate why.
He stressed that it’s “very unusual” for someone to make false allegations of this type and said he hopes it will not discourage others from coming forward.
That’s far from the first time a reported hate crime turned out to be bogus.
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/952946084011266050
…and here’s the original report. The body language of the mom and the “victim” looked deceptive. https://t.co/0Nu0Ze7Jor
— DC Dude (@DCDude1776) January 15, 2018
This disgusting liar used her own child as a political battering ram against our country, smearing us all. And Trudeau and the MSM joined in. She should be charged with the crime of making a false police report. https://t.co/5PvvWsufAj
— Ezra Levant ? (@ezralevant) January 15, 2018
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