Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer is calling a pepper spray attack outside a welcome event for Syrian refugees a very troubling hate crime and asked the perpetrator to turn himself in.<br />Shortly after 10:30 p.m. PT Friday 100 people were gathered outside of the Muslim Association of Canada Centre, located at 2122 Kingsway Avenue, when an unknown man on a bicycle rode up and pepper sprayed a group of men, women and children, which included newly arrived refugees from Syria.<br />Paramedics and the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Service treated 15 people for exposure to pepper spray.<br />"It's a very troubling situation and the actions of one man shed a negative light on all of the positive work that's been done to welcome the Syrian refugees into our communities," Chief Const.<br />Adam Palmer said at the Vancouver Police Department's main headquarters.
