CP NewsAlert: Vancouver Police probe Oct. 7 rally where ‘death to Canada’ cry went up

By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on October 8, 2024.

People write in chalk outside of a building during a pro-Palestine rally marking the anniversary of a Hamas attack on Israel in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Vancouver Police say they are conducting an investigation into a pro-Palestinian protest where they say speakers expressed “solidarity with terrorist groups.”

Police say in a statement they are looking into whether actions at the protest on Monday marking the Oct. 7 anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel represent criminal offences.

The rally at the Vancouver Art Gallery, organized by the group Samidoun, included a speaker who told the crowd “we are Hezbollah and we are Hamas,” and she led cries of “death to Canada, death to the United States and death to Israel.”

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