Ottawa police are investigating after a racist slur was spray-painted on the side of a Stittsville Muslim Association (SMA) building in Ottawa on Tuesday evening, according to the area's city councillor.

Security camera footage shared by the SMA shows a person approaching the building at 10:35 p.m. Tuesday and scrawling something on a wall before hurrying away. Photos taken the next day show the N-word written on the building in thin blue letters.

"It was very hurtful, especially [because] we have a very heavy African representation in the community," said Ahmed Elemam, a volunteer imam at the SMA.

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Children arriving for a summer camp on Wednesday morning were the first to see the slur, Elemam said.

"All the kids saw the slur,

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