The number of Islamophobic or anti-Palestinian hate crimes reported from Oct. 7 to Nov. 23 represents a 1,600 per cent increase compared to that timeframe in 2022, Toronto's police chief said during a board meeting on Thursday.
For reports of antisemitic hate crimes, there has been a 192 per cent increase from Oct. 7 to Nov. 23 compared to the same time last year, Demkiw said, although he did not provide the number of occurrences.
He says the force's hate crime unit has been expanded from a team of six to 32. And that since Oct. 7, the unit has made 22 arrests and laid 58 charges.
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