City police are investigating threatening calls made to a city mosque.
Winnipeg Police Service spokeswoman Const. Dani McKinnon said the Winnipeg Grand Mosque on Waverley Street received the calls Tuesday and reported the matter.
McKinnon did not immediately know the details of what was said Friday but said officials at the mosque took the calls as threats.
She added she did not know whether the comments had been made on voicemail or to a person who picked up the phone, or how many calls were made.
McKinnon said the hate crimes section of the WPS major crimes unit is handling the investigation.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted about the threats on social media on Friday.
“I’m angry to learn that women wearing hijabs were the target of a violent attack in London, and a mosque in Winnipeg was the target of hateful harassment,” Trudeau said on X, formerly Twitter. “Islamophobia kills. Whenever we see it, we’ll confront it — and we’ll work to keep our communities safe from it.”
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew also posted about the threats on X.
“Deeply troubled to hear of the hateful, Islamophobic harassment targeting a Winnipeg mosque. We condemn Islamophobia in all its forms. We are one Manitoba, and hate has no place in our province.”
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