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Vancouver man suffers ‘significant’ injuries in unprovoked stranger attack: Police

Police cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver on Sat. Jan.y 9, 2021. Vancouver police are searching for the suspect in an unprovoked attack on a 58-year-old man in East Vancouver on Aug. 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

A man is recovering from “significant” but non-life-threatening head injuries after what police describe as an “unprovoked attack” by a stranger in East Vancouver.

Just before 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Vancouver police said the 58-year-old victim was standing by a bus stop at Kingsway and McKinnon Street when the suspect began yelling and acting “erratically.”

He attacked the man without provocation and walked away, police said in a Thursday news release.

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Officers searched the Renfrew-Collingwood neighbourhood Wednesday but could not find the suspect. T

Anyone with information on his identity is asked to call the Vancouver Police Department at 604-717-4034.

Editor’s Note: This is an updated story. Global News has removed images of a man who police first believed to be a suspect, but has now been ruled out.

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