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Twitter and Muslim Association of Canada Centre

warm welcome Canadians: A man wearing a white hoodie apparently rode by on a bicycle and sprayed 15 to 30 people, police said. "This isn't who we are — and doesn't reflect the warm welcome Canadians have offered," Trudeau posted on Twitter on Saturday, according to Hamilton Spectator. Nawal Addo said she was standing outside with some refugees who were waiting for a bus when suddenly everyone began to cough and feel their eyes burning. "We saw people coming out from the building and they were in worse condition than us," she said. "Their eyes were really puffed up. Police said the incident happened Friday night when more than a dozen people had gathered outside the Muslim Association of Canada Centre during a "welcome night" for newly arrived Syrian refugees. They weren't able to open their eyes." She said it appeared the fumes had gotten inside the entrance, where it affected people more powerfully inside the enclosed space. About 20 to 30 people were affected, some were vomiting and a few had to be taken away by ambulance, including the toddler, she said. Some were children, including a girl who was about two years old, Addo said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.