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Indigo Books & Music Inc
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Shares Issued 27,666,558
Close 2023-11-24 C$ 2.02
Market Cap C$ 55,886,447
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Globe says 11 people charged in Indigo store vandalism

2023-11-24 07:37 ET - In the News

The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that Toronto police have laid mischief charges against 11 people they say were motivated by hate when an Indigo Books & Music bookstore was defaced with red paint and fake posters accusing the chain's Jewish founder of financing genocide. The Globe's Mike Hager and Sean Fine write that over the past month in Toronto, 22 suspects have been arrested and 58 hate-related charges have been laid. Eleven of those people were charged in connection with the incident at Indigo's Bay Street location on Nov. 10. Red paint was splashed across the front and fake posters depicted Indigo chief executive officer Heather Reisman on a fake book cover entitled Funding Genocide. The posters included a made-up quote attributed to her that read, "I'm happy to use the profits from your purchases to fund the Israeli military and bomb civilians," according to images on social media. Police said Thursday they had arrested one person for hate-motivated mischief shortly after the incident and then, after executing search warrants on homes and cars, arrested 10 other people on Wednesday and charged them with mischief over $5,000 and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence.

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