Indigenous musician attacked in alleged hate crime on Granville Street
An Indigenous woman was the victim of an alleged hate crime in Vancouver last month when she was slashed in the face while on Granville Street.
The victim is a singer, songwriter, and busker in downtown Vancouver.
According to a GoFundMe page that has been set up for her, the artist started her night busking on Saturday, July 18, on Granville Street. When she was packing up, with several of her friends, a “group of men yelled racial slurs, and charged.”
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The attackers also allegedly called her a racial slur targeting Indigenous people.
According to VPD, they responded to a call on July 19, around 4 am, in the area of Nelson and Granville streets, for one person stabbed and the other slashed in the face after a verbal altercation.
Media Relations Officer Const. Tania Visintin says the suspects fled the area before police arrived.
“The friend who was with her was taken to hospital for serious injuries, but is expected to recover.”
After the incident, Visintin says officers went to her home to continue the investigation.
According to the GoFundMe campaign, she is “in need of facial reconstruction on her nose so she can go about her daily life as a mom without a constant reminder of this horrible incident.”
Daily Hive reached out for comment but did not hear back in time before publication.