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Sikh school student beaten in Canada in apparent case of hate crime

“Officers determined a 17-year-old Sikh student was either beer or pepper sprayed by another teenage male after exiting a public transit bus on his way home,” the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said. “Two individuals approached the student and first barred his entry onto the bus and then, once allowing him to board, began to threaten him with a lighter and photograph and record him from a close distance with their phones,” the World Sikh Organisation said.