MONTREAL (VINnews) — Police are investigating after a man allegedly targeted members of Montreal’s Hasidic Jewish community Friday night, attempting to steal traditional fur hats worn for religious observance.

Video circulating online appears to show a suspect approaching a man from behind as he left a synagogue and trying to pull a shtreimel from his head. Witnesses intervened, prompting the suspect to flee the immediate area.

Community representatives later said the same individual is believed to have stolen two shtreimels from other Hasidic men before escaping.

A shtreimel is a traditional fur hat worn by many married Hasidic Jewish men on the Sabbath, Jewish holidays and other special occasions. The incident follows other reported antisemitic attacks in Canada in recent weeks.