London police are looking for two suspects after a Progress Pride flag was burned in the northwest end of the city.
According to police, they were called on Monday to the area of Winding Woods Road after a citizen reported finding the burnt remains of the flag.
“The flag is believed to have been removed from outside a residence on Winding Woods Road between 1 – 2 a.m Monday morning,” police said. “The damaged remnants of the flag were located in the 1900-block of Aldersbrook Road later that morning.”
Investigators were able to acquire surveillance footage that showed images of the suspects (shown below).
Photo supplied by London police.
The Progress Pride is similar to the traditional Pride flag. However, in addition to the six rainbow stripes, it also features a chevron made of pink, light blue, and white stripes of the transgender Pride flag, and brown and black stripes to represent Black, Indigenous, and people of colour in the LGBTQIA2S community.
Anyone with information in relation to this incident, or the identity of the two suspects, is asked to call the London Police Service at (519) 661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Information can also be sent in online anonymously to London Elgin Middlesex Crime Stoppers.
