Protesters against a vaccine mandate for truckers crossing the US-Canada border have brought Canada’s capital city to a standstill for a second day.
Thousands of demonstrators joined the so-called Freedom Convoy in Ottawa.
Police have started investigations after several incidents, including the appearance of swastika flags and footage of a woman dancing on the tomb of the unknown soldier.
Defence Minister Anita Anand said the incidents were “beyond reprehensible”.
Ottawa police said in a Twitter post that “several” investigations were now under way into the “desecration” of a number of monuments in the capital city, as well as “threatening/illegal/intimidating behaviour to police/city workers and other individuals and damage to a city vehicle”.
Elsewhere across the city, truckers blocked the streets around Canada’s parliament building and Ottawa’s Mayor Jim Watson said some protesters had harassed staff at a soup kitchen, demanding free meals after they were turned away by restaurants for their refusal to comply with indoor mask mandates.
Source:Fiilafmonline/BBC
