Hate motivated graffiti reported in Kitchener bus shelter

By Luke Schulz

Posted Aug 7, 2022 01:30:00 PM.

Police are now investigating – after receiving a report of hate-motivated graffiti in a Kitchener bus shelter.

That report was received by Waterloo Regional Police on Friday around 3:00 p.m., as graffiti including hate-motivated writing was found in a bus shelter in the area of Queen's Boulevard and Westheights Drive.

A time frame for when that graffiti was written is unclear.

Police have appealed for anyone with information regarding the incident to reach out to them or Crime Stoppers.

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