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Man arrested for 2022 attack on senior in Vancouver’s Chinatown

A woman walks in Chinatown in Vancouver, in this file photo. A man has now been arrested following an attack on a senior in the neighbourhood last fall. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

A man has now been arrested for the assault of a senior in Chinatown last fall.

Vancouver police said Henry Paul Wiens, 52, was arrested early Saturday morning by VPD officers working in the downtown core.

He had been wanted province-wide since Feb. 15.

Following his arrest, police said Wiens was transported to jail.

Click to play video: '93-year-old man suffers broken hip after being knocked down in Vancouver’s Chinatown'
93-year-old man suffers broken hip after being knocked down in Vancouver’s Chinatown

The arrest stems from an assault on Oct. 13. The 93-year-old victim was walking to a bakery near Main and East Pender streets around 3:15 p.m. when he was knocked to the ground by a stranger.

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The elderly victim, who has lived in the neighbourhood for 30 years, required hospitalization for a broken hip.

Vancouver police have not said if the attack was racially motivated.

– with files from Global News’ Kristen Robinson

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