Hate-Crime Probe: Vancouver Woman Arrested Over Speech That Praised Hamas Attack

A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer's uniform in Vancouver, B.C., on Jan. 9, 2021. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Police say a 44-year-old woman has been arrested in a hate-crime investigation over a speech in Vancouver that praised the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel.

A statement from the Vancouver Police Department says the woman “referred to a number of terrorist organizations as heroes.”