By Canadian Press

Ottawa police investigate egging of Holocaust monument as a hate crime

Jan 31, 2020 | 8:44 AM

OTTAWA — Police in Ottawa are looking for a man believed to have thrown eggs at the National Holocaust Monument.

They’re investigating the apparent vandalism as a hate crime.

Chief Peter Sloly says such incidents are deeply disturbing to many communities, regardless of whom they target.

Police say they’re looking for a white man in his early 20s, based on images from a nearby surveillance camera.

The two-year-old monument is a large installation a short distance west of Parliament Hill, with several distinct areas a person can walk through.

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It commemorates the deaths of an estimated six million European Jews at the hands of Nazi Germany, before and during the Second World War.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 31, 2020.

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