Police investigate hate-motivated graffiti in Kitchener

By CityNews Kitchener Staff

Posted May 17, 2022 09:49:43 PM.

On Tuesday, Waterloo Regional Police announced they were investigating after hate-motivated graffiti was discovered in Kitchener. 

The graffiti was found around 7:50 a.m. on the side of a utility box in the Munroe Street and Connaught Street area. It included hate-motivated writing and the investigation is ongoing. 

It comes one day after hate-motivated graffiti was found on the side of a building in the Gail Street and Avenue Road area of Cambridge

Police believe that vandalism occurred sometime between May 13 and May 16. 
 

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