Interesting this is only described as a crime of mischief. Is it really a hate crime? What would the reaction be if it was anti-Islamic graffiti on a mosque? http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/...h-lakeside-vandalized-islamic-state-1.4267033 Lakeside Church vandalized with Islamic State messaging Vandals spray-painted the message on church outside wall CBC News August 29, 2017 Lakeside Guelph Vandals spray-painted the phrase on the side of Lakeside Church in Guelph. (Wellington County OPP) 693 shares Ontario Provincial Police are looking for suspects after a church was spray-painted with Islamic State messaging in Guelph-Eramosa Township. Wellington OPP say they responded to a call at Lakeside Church Monday afternoon. "Members [advised] that sometime overnight, unknown suspects had attended the church and did some spray-painting on the side of it," Const. Marylou Schwindt told CBC K-W. According to an officer on the scene, someone started to write the words "Islamic State will rema[in]," in black spray paint on a wall outside the church. Police say the vandals likely ran out of paint before they could complete the act. The OPP's Forensic Identification Services is investigating this as a crime of mischief. Lakeside Police said the vandal(s) didn't complete the phrase. Investigators believe they ran out of paint. (Wellington County OPP)
