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Police in Edmonton have taken a man into custody who allegedly approached two young women wearing hijabs, fashioned a noose in a rope he took from his pocket and said it was meant for them.

Investigators say the man then sang O Canada in front of the women, who were waiting at the university light-rail transit station the evening of Nov. 8.

Police were looking for a man in his sixties, with glasses, a thin build and thinning grey hair.

They had said a hate crime charge was possible, but no charges have been laid yet.

Investigators released a still taken from a video at the station, and thanked the public with helping in finding the suspect.