This predator stalking South Asian men in our community is getting more brazen.

A suspect on the run from police for targeting, assaulting and in one case pulling the turban off the head of a South Asian man has now been linked to four hate incidents in the last two weeks.

The Toronto Police Hate Crime Unit have stepped up their manhunt after a fourth attack by the same suspect occurred September 4, in the area of Lakeshore Blvd. W., and Legion Rd.

Police allege in the latest incident the suspect screamed racially-charged comments toward a 32-year-old man while holding an object in his hand. Police said the victim tried to call police, but the suspect grabbed his phone and threw it to the ground.

“The victim tried to get his phone, at which point the suspect assaulted the victim in an attempt to prevent him from doing so,” police said in a news release yesterday.

Officers say the victim was able to retrieve his phone and escaped while calling police.

Detectives are working long-hours to track the suspect, whose bold attacks are causing residents of the South Asian community to live in fear.

The suspect struck again on September 3, when he approached a 27-year man who was walking with a 26-year-old woman in the area of Lake Shore Blvd. W., and Twenty Ninth St.

Police said that the suspect began striking the male victim several times without warning. After calling out for help, 911 was called, police said, adding that the suspect then fled running south on Twenty Eighth St.

On Aug. 31, a man walked up to a 23-year-old man and began to hit him on the head before fleeing the scene on foot in the area of Dwight Avenue and Birmingham St., close to an area mosque and temple.

Then on Aug. 25, a man approached a 21-year-old man and without warning began to hit him before taking off the victim’s turban in the area of Lake Shore Blvd. W., and First St. The suspect then fled running eastbound on Lake Shore Blvd.

“Police are actively investigating these incidents as hate-motivated assaults,” the force said. “Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or incidents, and has information, is urged to contact police.”

The suspect is described as white, standing five-foot-eight to five-foot-nine inches tall with a medium build.

Anyone with information relating to these incidents is asked to contact Toronto police 416-808-2200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously.