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Youth charged after Pride flag damaged at Kitchener home

A Kitchener youth has been charged with mischief and theft after a Pride flag was damaged outside a home on Friday.

Police say flag damaged Friday afternoon

Rainbow flag on flagpole
This is a file photo of a rainbow Pride flag. Police in Waterloo region say a Kitchener youth has been charged after a Pride flag was damaged outside a Kitchener home on Friday. (Jane Robertson/CBC)

A Kitchener youth has been charged after a Pride flag was vandalized outside a home Friday afternoon.

Police were called to a home in the area of Glasgow Street and York Street at 4 p.m. for reports that a youth had damaged a Pride flag.

Police said Friday the officers were treating the case as a "hate-motivated incident."

On Sunday, officers arrested theyouth.

The youth has been charged with mischief under $5,000 and theft under $5,000.