[Video below.] A series of suspected antisemitic attacks shook Montreal’s Outremont neighborhood over Shabbos night, as individuals riding in a vehicle allegedly targeted visibly Jewish pedestrians, stealing three shtreimlach and assaulting several victims in what authorities are investigating as a hate crime.

The incidents began at approximately 10:00 p.m. when a car carrying several suspects drove through the neighborhood, apparently seeking out chassidic Jews. According to reports, the group repeatedly stopped to harass pedestrians and snatch their shtreimlach before speeding away.

🚨 MONTREAL: Four Orthodox Jewish men were attacked this past Friday night during the Sabbath after a man got out of a car and attempted to rip the religious hats off their heads. According to witnesses, there were two or three other people in the vehicle with the attacker.… pic.twitter.com/hg4R8ZCYar

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The first attack occurred near Mehudar, where one of the suspects exited the vehicle and struck a passerby’s shtreimel. When the victim shouted for help, nearby pedestrians rushed toward the scene, prompting the suspect to flee back into the waiting vehicle before he could take the fur hat. As the car sped away, it narrowly missed hitting another pedestrian.

The same vehicle was later linked to three additional attacks throughout the neighborhood. In three of the incidents, the suspects succeeded in stealing shtreimlach, while a fourth attempt was unsuccessful. During the spree, one victim was spat on, and another was struck by a thrown beverage can.

Members of the community pieced together the reports and concluded that the same vehicle and group of suspects were responsible for all of the incidents.

Police have launched an investigation and are treating the attacks as suspected hate crimes.

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