Police investigating hate-motivated assault in Waterloo

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Waterloo Regional Police are investigating a hate-motivated assault that left one person injured early Sunday morning.

Officers were called to a disturbance at a business in the area of King Street North and Columbia Street East at approximately 2:35 a.m.

“The investigation determined that a verbal altercation occurred between the victim and a group of approximately six unknown males,” police said in a media release. “The altercation escalated, and the group assaulted the victim before fleeing the area prior to police arrival.”

The victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

Police said the incident has been determined to be hate-motivated.

The suspects are believed to have fled in two vehicles described as a black Acura SUV and a white Honda Civic.

The investigation is ongoing.