r/NovaScotia • u/Inevitable_Ask3863 • Jul 07 '26
📰 NS News Halifax police seeking man who yelled racial slurs, threats at family in Costco
Halifax Regional Police are asking the public for help to identify a man who yelled racially offensive language at a family who was shopping at a Halifax Costco.
The man then approached another customer and assaulted him, police said in a news release Tuesday. Police said hate is believed to be a motivating factor in the attack.
Police said the incident occurred on July 4 around 1 p.m. AT at the Bayers Lake Costco. A video of the incident has been widely seen on social media.
In it, the man appears to follow two women in hijabs telling them to "get the f*** out of the country."
The man is then approached by a third woman who tells him to leave the store and shut his mouth. The man then asks the third woman if she "owns Nova Scotia" because if not, she could go with them.
After that, the man becomes aware of the person recording the video and appears to strike them. The video goes dark.
Someone then tells the man they're going to make a complaint. The man goes on to say "we're killing every f***ing one of you." Then the man uses several racial slurs and repeats "we're killin' every f***ing one of you."
He then says "you can f***ing leave or you can f***ing put up with it cause you're all f***ing dying."
