Ottawa police are investigating a series of bank robberies by a man or men wearing a hijab.
The latest incident, on Thursday afternoon, occurred when a man in the headscarf worn by some Muslim women robbed a bank at Pinecrest Mall in the city's west end.
Const. Katherine Larouche said a man, wearing a dark blue hijab covering his mouth and nose, and a long dark blue robe, handed a Scotiabank teller a note around noon, demanding money.
The suspect fled the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash. No weapon was seen and there were no injuries.
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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/12/31/ottawa-robbery-hijab.htmlThis is the 4th such robbery in Ottawa and will probably spur misguided anti-hijab sentiment. BTW, the hijab is the headscarf; the burqa is the full-body cover, for those who get confused; it's the burqa that got banned in some European countries.