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Canada: Sikh school student kicked, pepper-sprayed in suspected hate crime

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A 17-year-old Sikh high school student was assaulted at a bus stop in British Columbia, Canada, in an apparent hate crime. The incident occurred in Kelowna on Monday when the student was allegedly "kicked, punched and pepper-sprayed" after an altercation with another teenager while they were on a public transit bus. The accused first accosted the victim aboard a bus and assaulted him after they were kicked out of the bus for causing a nuisance.