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Police arrest man wanted after 2 ‘random’ subway attacks

WATCH ABOVE: Toronto police say a suspect is at large following two unprovoked attacks at Kennedy Station. The incidents come following a string of random, violent attacks on the TTC in recent weeks. Brittany Rosen reports. – Dec 16, 2022

Police in Toronto have arrested a man wanted in connection with an investigation into random attacks on the city’s subway trains.

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On Friday, Toronto police issued a news release looking for help finding a suspect wanted in connection with two incidents reported on Thursday.

Police said at around 10 p.m. that day, a man got onto a Toronto Transit Commission subway train at Kennedy Station in the city’s east end and began “unprovoked” punching a male passenger.

Around an hour later, the same man was on the subway again at Kennedy Station and began attacking a female passenger by shaking her, again unprovoked, police said.

The suspect also allegedly stole her headphones and threatened her.

On Saturday, police arrested 25-year-old Brandonn Sevilla-Zelaya from Toronto. He was charged with robbery, assault causing body harm and uttering threats, police said.

He was scheduled to appear in court on Saturday.

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