CALGARY – Two men have been charged with assault and robbery following an attack inside a CTrain early Thursday morning.
Just after 1:00 a.m. a University of Calgary student was riding on a southbound train when he observed a group of men and women causing a disturbance in the CTrain car. As the train approached the 8th Street S.W. station, one of the men approached the student and demanded his wallet. When the victim refused, another man held him from behind while the first man stabbed him several times in the face with a pen.
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At that point, the victim handed over his wallet and the suspects got off the train at the 8th Street station.
Calgary Transit Peace Officers and police were in the area and arrived at the station almost immediately. Following a brief foot pursuit, four people were taken into custody.
Two have been released while two others, 25-year-old Gordon Douglas Ellwood and 20-year-old Jacob Alexander Tolchinsky, have been charged with aggravated assault, causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, causing a disturbance, and robbery.
Tolchinksky also faces charges of robbery and three counts of failing to comply with a probation order.
The victim suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries and was taken to hospital.
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