{"id":229666,"date":"2026-01-09T20:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T20:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/229666\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T20:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T20:08:09","slug":"man-34-charged-in-connection-with-hate-related-graffiti-incidents-in-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/229666\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 34, charged in connection with hate-related graffiti incidents in Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Winnipeg police have arrested a 34-year-old man after a series of hate-related graffiti incidents in the city.<\/p>\n

Oliver Didtger\u00a0Ederhof was arrested Thursday and charged after swastikas were spray-painted on the entrance of Munson Park on Wellington Crescent, nearby Shaarey Zedek Synagogue<\/a>, Kelvin High School, the Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq community centre and mosque<\/a> on Ellice Avenue, and several residences, police said.<\/p>\n

“It wasn’t just property that was damaged. A message was sent to a faith community, to families and to an entire city,” Winnipeg police Insp. Jennifer McKinnon said during a Friday news conference.<\/p>\n

“This arrest matters not just because the law was broken, but because our community deserves to know that actions like this will be confronted and answered with justice.”<\/p>\n

Ederhof allegedly spray-painted 14 separate locations, including vehicles and residences, and now faces several mischief-related charges, said McKinnon. <\/p>\n

\"RedSwastikas were spray-painted on the entrance of the Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Winnipeg on Jan. 2. (Submitted by Rena Secter Elbaze)<\/p>\n

There were several reports in the past week of potential hate-related vandalism and property damage in Winnipeg. <\/p>\n

On Monday, McKinnon said investigators with the major crimes division were probing incidents reported two days apart that could be hate-related, including the vandalism at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue last Friday.<\/p>\n

Police also said windows were smashed on Sunday at Habibiz Caf\u00e9 on Portage Avenue. A threatening message was left at the caf\u00e9, calling the owners “terrorists” and telling them to get out of the country.<\/p>\n

McKinnon said investigators are still investigating that case but have determined there is no connection between those two events. <\/p>\n

Police received numerous other reports after the Monday news conference, McKinnon said.<\/p>\n

Ederhof has not at this point been charged with hate crimes, she said.<\/p>\n

“We now have to look at the motivations behind this,” said McKinnon, adding the investigation continues with the Manitoba Prosecution Service.<\/p>\n

Ederhof has been released with conditions. <\/p>\n

She encouraged any other Winnipeggers who have noticed hate-related graffiti on their properties to contact investigators, and if possible to supply photos before cleaning it up.<\/p>\n

“Acts of hate have no place in our community,” she said. “It will not be ignored.”<\/p>\n

\"AThe Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq mosque and community centre, at the corner of Ellice Avenue and Home Street in Winnipeg, is shown in a photo taken around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Earlier that morning, a swastika was found painted on the building. (Prabhjot Singh Lotey\/CBC)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-229666","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}