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Witness sought in Saguenay mosque vandalism

The Saguenay police department is looking for a person of interest in the attack against a mosque in Chicoutimi, after a Radio-Canada surveillance camera captured a man dropping off a letter that could be linked to the attack.

Video captures man leaving letter possibly linked to attack

RAW: Mosque vandalism person of interest

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The Saguenay police department is looking for a person of interest in the attack against a mosque in Chicoutimi, after a video captures a man dropping off a letter to the local Radio-Canada.

The Saguenaypolice department is looking for a person of interestinthe attack against a mosque in Chicoutimi, after aRadio-Canada surveillance cameracaptured video of a man dropping off a letter that could be linked to the attack.

Spokesman for the Saguenay police department, Bruno Cormier, saysthe man isan important witness, but is not considered a suspect at this time.

A substance that appears to be pig's blood wassprayed on the front of the mosque Saturday,and a letter containing hatecomments was also left at the scene. An identicalletter was left at the local Radio-Canada building.

Policereleased images captured by one of the surveillance cameras in the Radio-Canada building, showing an elderly man wearing shorts and a dark sweater leave an envelope at the entrance shortly after5 p.m.

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