A 71-year-old man is facing charges after an elderly Jewish woman was stabbed inside an Ottawa grocery store, in an attack the police have described as a “hate-motivated crime.”
Ottawa police said the victim entered the store with a friend at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 27 where she was “approached by a man who stabbed her.”
The woman suffered “serious injuries,” police said in a press release. She was helped by store staff and transported to hospital where she was treated and later released.
Police said officers responded to the store at 1900 block of Baseline Road and arrested a male suspect without incident….