A 25-year-old woman from Ajax, Ontario is facing several charges after assaulting and attempting to light a Muslim woman’s Hijab on fire inside a library.
The victim was approached by a woman yelling profanities at her and throwing objects at her head.
The suspect then tried to remove the woman’s Hijab while pouring an unknown liquid onto it and attempted to light it on fire.
“I can’t stop thinking, ‘What if the lighter had worked? What if my hijab had caught on fire?’ The least of the damage would have been permanent burns on my face. What if the scissors and the metal object she threw at me had struck my neck instead of missing? I can’t stop replaying those possibilities in my mind,” said the victim.
The incident happened on Saturday at Ajax Public Library’s Main Branch.
Kaley-Ann Freier, 25, of Ajax, has been charged with two counts of assault with a weapon and three counts of fail to comply with probation order.
