Montreal police say they have arrested a 24-year-old man accused of attacking a Jewish father in front of his young children on Aug. 8.
Investigation is still ongoing for the assault in which a Jewish man was beaten in front of his children, with police now releasing more details of what occurred as well as announcing the Aug. 11 arrest of the suspect.
According to Montreal City Police Service (SPVM), the victim was walking in Dickie Moore Park in Montreal’s borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension on the afternoon of Aug. 8 when he was approached by the suspect and sprayed with the contents of the suspect’s water bottle. After this, the victim tried to approach the suspect, at which point police say the attacker allegedly pushed the victim onto the ground and punched and kneed him a number of times before tossing the victim’s yarmulke away and fleeing on foot around 2:26 p.m….