The victim of a random, hate crime in downtown Vancouver last year is sharing his chilling account of the incident — and his frustration with the Canadian justice system — after his attacker was sentenced last month. Willy Kabayabaya, a father of three who immigrated to Canada from Burundi in East Africa in 2012, had finished a 10-hour plumbing shift on May 12, 2022, when he said a man approached him near Victory Square and began hurling racial slurs. “He said, ‘Oh, f—— N—–, f—— Black, you look like s—,’ and I didn’t really reply,” Kabayabaya told Global News. “He [says], ‘You know, you’re a motherf—–, I’m going to kill you. I’m going to change your face.’” After threatening his life, Kabayabaya said the suspect pulled out a knife ... CLICK HERE for the full story
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