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Sat Jan 9, 2016, 01:43 PM Jan 2016

Syrian refugees pepper sprayed outside Vancouver welcome event

A crowd of refugees attending a welcome event at the Muslim Association of Canada Centre in Vancouver was pepper sprayed by an unknown man on a bicycle.

It happened outside the centre on the Kingsway near Victoria Drive around 10:30 p.m. as the event was winding down and the group of newcomers to Canada was waiting for a bus.

Seventeen-year-old Nawal Addo was raised in Canada, but was outside with the group at the time of the attack.

"We were just standing outside and we all just started coughing and our eyes were burning. We were really confused about what was going on," she said.

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/syrian-refugees-pepper-sprayed-outside-vancouver-welcome-event-1.3396899

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Syrian refugees pepper sprayed outside Vancouver welcome event (Original Post) n2doc Jan 2016 OP
Again, WTF is wrong with some people? etherealtruth Jan 2016 #1
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