Hate-motivated incident under investigation in Cambridge

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Waterloo Region Police are trying to identify to two males who verbally attacked a female in Cambridge.

At around 3:20 p.m. on Friday, the victim was walking in a parking lot at Pinebush Road and Hespeler Road when a vehicle approached and the two males inside began yelling slurs at her.

Police said the person in the passenger seat then grabbed the victim’s clothing, but she was not physically hurt.

Investigators are calling it a hate-motivated incident and are asking anyone who witnessed the interaction to give them a call.