Early this morning, Muhammed Abu Marzouk was severely beaten by two men in a Mississauga parking lot. His wife and a friend were also assaulted in front of the the couple's young children. Adam and Janis Corhamzic were both arrested and charged with assault and two counts of aggravated assault.
Journalist Steven Zhou has been commentating on this crime:
Journalist Steven Zhou has been commentating on this crime:
I've lived in #Mississauga for five years and the Greater #Toronto Area for ten.— Steven Zhou (@stevenzzhou) July 17, 2018
I don't remember ever seeing or hearing about anything more vicious in all these years in that city. https://t.co/8mc6wP1fvq
This report doesn't include the personal account from this, which indicates that his attackers did not drive and that they attacked him after they saw his wife in hijab, thus a visible Muslim. https://t.co/yfo1X9hs4r— Steven Zhou (@stevenzzhou) July 17, 2018
All the while his daughters were watching and he was apologizing and yelling for them to stop.— Steven Zhou (@stevenzzhou) July 17, 2018
If all this is true (obv an investigation has to be carried out), then "road rage" can't be the sole motivation for the attackers.
Yet it seems, yet again, it's the leading theory.
Honestly, just going by my own personal experience + common sense, I cant recall an incident of pure road rage when the aggressors gang up on a driver + beat him half to death. In broad daylight in front of his family. Ask yourself if you remember such an incident of "road rage." https://t.co/rtURim5pCx— Steven Zhou (@stevenzzhou) July 17, 2018
The family's Imam provides an account that strongly suggests that this assault was not simply road rage:
Here's the account from the #Mississauga Imam who visited the victim and his family. His post describes the victim's first hand account of what happened.— Steven Zhou (@stevenzzhou) July 17, 2018
According to his account, the sole, "road rage" theory doesnt work. pic.twitter.com/UxYeMPEHo5
UPDATE:
Update: according to Imam Ibrahim Hindy, who has helped inform the public of Muhammed Abu Marzouk's assault and his family's version of what happened, police are now investigating the incident as a hate crime. #Mississauga #Peel https://t.co/NptcrgZSbl— Steven Zhou (@stevenzzhou) July 18, 2018
4 comments:
Who are the scumbags that did this? Everyone should expose these bigoted animals! Police should be harassed to launch an investigation. This is ridiculous. Road rage my ass.
This is awful. If this was infact a racially motivated crime, I'm concerned that more attacks like this will happen in Ontario.
I hope the victim's family is getting the support they need.
Heartbreaking. This is so so tragic and horrifying. I hope that they get charged with attempted murder as a hate crime and spend the rest of their days in a cage. Those poor baby girls having to see this happen to their daddy. I can't explain what I feel knowing that something like this is happening here in Canada. It's horrific. We need to do more to end racism for good.
This hurts my heart. I don't understand such hatred. I hope Abu Marzouk and his family pull through this and may the brothers who committed this despicable crime be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
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