Overview

• Sergio Yanes Preciado, 23, has been charged with assault causing bodily harm and appeared in Montreal court in relation to the Aug. 8 park attack.
• A 28-second video shows the assailant spraying a water bottle at the 32-year-old Hasidic father, violently beating him and tossing his kippa into a fountain as his children watched.
• Montreal police submitted their investigation to the Quebec Crown prosecutor’s office and said they have not determined a motive nor placed the hate-crime unit in charge.
• Jewish organizations and leaders, including Rabbi Saul Emanuel, have condemned the assault as an act of antisemitic humiliation designed to terrorize their community.
• Authorities credited public tips for locating the suspect, and prosecutors have requested further evaluations ahead of the next court hearing.