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At least three parks in south Winnipeg's Prairie Pointe and Bridgwater neighbourhoods were spray-painted…
Winnipeg, Manitoba — 2026-08-02
At least three parks in south Winnipeg's Prairie Pointe and Bridgwater neighbourhoods were spray-painted overnight with graffiti containing homophobic slurs, violent language and anti-India messages such as 'F--k India'. Residents said similar hateful graffiti appeared in the same park last year; Winnipeg police said they are investigating and city crews were asked to remove the graffiti.
EvidenceCorroborated Incident
The core occurrence is supported by multiple independent, credible sources.
- Violence type
- Hate-Motivated Violence
- Secondary type
- Threats & Harassment
- Motive
- Bias/Hate (alleged)
- Category
- Hate and identity-based incidents
- Targeted identities
- Other; South Asian
- Conduct
- Property damage and vandalism
- Targeted community
- Sexual orientation — LGBTQ+ (homophobic slurs); South Asian/Indian community
- Source type
- News reporting
- Perpetrator
- Unknown individual(s)
- Target
- LGBTQ+ people and South Asian/Indian community in south Winnipeg
- Killed
- 0
- Injured
- 0
- Arrested
- 0
- Themes
- Immigration/Refugee
- Source
- CBC
- Last reviewed
- Not yet reviewed by a person