By Bryan Ke
(NEWS YAHOO) A 22-year-old Muslim woman wearing a hijab was verbally attacked while waiting for the bus in Vancouver, Canada, last week.
What happened: Shafira Vidyamaharani was at a bus stop on Main Street at around 11 a.m. on June 11 when the incident occurred, according to CBC.
- An unidentified man approached her and asked about her attire and where she was from. She moved away from him and refused to respond.
- “I noticed that that upset him so he complained to another person who was also waiting in line about me, and I could tell that he was calling me names and slurs,” Vidyamaharani told CTV News.
- She said the man physically threatened her, saying he would “kick that thing off” her head.
- Vidyamaharani started recording him after that. The man can be heard saying about her phone, “I’ll kick that right out of your f*cking hand, b*tch. Get out of my face.”
- He also can be heard saying anti-Muslim comments, such as, “Why they allow people like you in this country…you don’t even know what you’re doing.”
- The incident ended once he boarded his bus.
Other details: The Vancouver police shared in a statement that they are now investigating the case but have yet to make an arrest.
