Pride flag burnt outside Kitchener, Ont. high school: Police
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Waterloo regional police are investigating after a Pride flag was trampled and set on fire outside a Kitchener, Ont. high school.
Waterloo regional police are investigating after a Pride flag was trampled and set on fire outside a Kitchener, Ont. high school.
In a news release, police said a group of teens, aged 15 to 17, took the flag from Eastwood Collegiate Institute on Thursday.
Police said they stepped on it then set it on fire.
In an email sent to parents, the school's principal identified the teens as students and said after trampling and burning the flag, they threw it at a group of 2SLGBTQIA+ students.
“This same group of students then threw rocks at the 2SLGBTQIA+ students as they boarded their bus,” the principal said.
Police said no one was injured.
The incident is being investigated as hate-motivated.
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