3rd arrest made after 'shoot a Indian' Facebook posts in Flin Flon, Man.

A third person is facing charges due to a series of social media posts that police say publicly incitedhatred in the Flin Flon, Man., area.

Two womena 32-year-old from Flin Flon and a 25-year-old from nearby Denare Beach, Sask. werearrested by Manitoba RCMP last month for uttering threats and public incitement of hatredafter aFacebook conversation, which RCMP said started with complaints about a vandalized car and progressed to "very hateful language."

RCMPconfirmed this week the arrest of a third individual in response to the Facebook posts. They say they cannot release the names of the three subjects because the charges have not been sworn.

RCMPspokesperson Sgt. PaulManaigresaid the investigation package isbeing reviewedbyCrown attorneysto determine whichcharges should be laid.

After that,the suspects will make anappearance in court to respond to the accusations, he said.

RCMPSgt. Paul Manaigrecomments after the first two people were arrested:

RCMP have laid charges after a racist tirade online

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Two women have been arrested and charged with uttering threats after a spate of vandalism in northern Manitoba led to "hateful and threatening language" online.

Experts sayinciting hatred charges are rarely pursued by law enforcement.

Data from Statistics Canada shows that in the past five years, the charge hasbeen made seven times in Manitoba, but three of those charges were dropped.

"These charges are rare and prosecutions even more rare in Canada," Helmut-Harry Loewen, a former University of Winnipeg sociology professor and an anti-fascism activist, told CBCNews earlier this month.

"That tells me that the RCMP have some confidence that they have a fairly strong case to file such charges and that they have a presumption that they have a potential conviction in this case."

Police publicly announced the first two arrests on July 31.

RCMP haven't confirmed the identities of those twowomen either, but the details appear to matchan online conversation between Facebook users Destine Spiller and Raycine Chaisson.

Spiller, who apparently became angry after shefound graffiti scrawled on hercar, posted that she would "kill some Indians when I get home," andproposed a "shoot a Indian day."

Her comments impliedthatIndigenous people wereresponsible for the graffiti.

Chaissonsuggested a "24 hour purge" in response.

Spiller, who has since apologized, lost her job at a hair salon because of the remarks.