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Vandals hit 25 homes displaying Liberal signs
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Oct 05, 2008 07:02pm |
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| News Date | Monday, October 6, 2008 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Vandals attacked at least 25 homes in Toronto this weekend, cutting off phones and cable lines, spray-painting property and cutting brake lines on a number of vehicles.
All the homes had a sign on their front lawn that showed their support for the Liberal party, political officials said.
On Saturday night, 11 homes in the Parkdale-High Park riding, located in the city's west end, were vandalized. The night before, 14 homes in the St. Paul's riding in midtown Toronto suffered the same fate.
Staff Sgt. Glenn Gray, with Toronto police 53 Division, refused to confirm a motive behind the attacks, telling CTV.ca it was too early in the investigation to comment.
However, Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett, who represents the St. Paul's riding where the vandalism occurred Friday night, posted a note on her blog condemning the "life-threatening" acts.
"I was sickened to hear today about several acts of vandalism involving cutting the brake lines on the cars of Liberal supporters in my riding," she wrote on Saturday. "This dangerous threat to our democracy must stop."
Bennett said several cars had the letter "L" scratched on them, and that her campaign's official agent was one of the people who had property vandalized.
"(He) went through a stop sign and nearly hit a bus because he did not know that his brake lines had been cut," she said in the blog. |
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