Random Assaults

• Police arrest Winnipeg woman in random unprovoked punching attacks

  Winnipeg police say they have arrested a suspect in connection with many random unprovoked punching attacks, including one on an 83-year-old woman. 

  Crime

  Jun 4, 2023
  
• ‘We have to do more’: Vancouver mayor responds to disturbing spree of teen violence

  Speaking with reporters on Wednesday, Kennedy Stewart called the rash of swarmings, robberies and demeaning rituals "heartbreaking" for the victims and their families.

  Crime

  May 11, 2022
  
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• Plagued by public safety concerns, Chinatown business owners plead for government help

  “The level of chaos now is ten times worse than what it was in 2010," said Tracy To of the street disorder outside her legacy business.

  Canada

  May 1, 2022
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• ‘We’re going to go after them’: Window smashing in Vancouver up 40% since 2019, say police

  The worst part for the shopkeepers, said Michael Peterson of Vancouver Glass, is that replacement glass can take five to seven days to get manufactured.

  Crime

  Feb 27, 2022
• COVID may be contributing to increase in ‘random assaults’ in Vancouver: experts

  An uptick in random assaults highlighted by Vancouver police could point to bigger problems that may be magnified by the pandemic, say experts.

  Crime

  Oct 27, 2021
• ‘Alarming’: Vancouver police say city averaging 4 random assaults per day

  Vancouver police say they've seen an increase of random, unprovoked stranger attacks that amount to more than four per day over the last year.

  Crime

  Oct 20, 2021
• Saint John Police investigate two assaults minutes apart

  Police say it appears the suspect and victims did not know each other.

  Canada

  Aug 24, 2016