Random Attack

• Transit rider recounts ‘completely unprovoked, random attack’ on the way to Toronto subway

  "All of a sudden he started running at full speed towards me and with both fists he started punching me with full force on either side of my head," she said.

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  Aug 12
  
• Man beaten, robbed on Main Street: Winnipeg police

  Winnipeg police say a man who was robbed and assaulted on Main Street didn't know his attackers. The incident began by two males asking him for a cigarette. 

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  Jul 28
  
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• Vancouver police looking for baby’s family after random attack

  Witnesses said the baby and a few adults were walking in the area of Davie Street and Bidwell Street around 4:30 p.m. when a man threw a glass bottle at the stroller.

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  Jun 30
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• 3-year sentence for random stabbing of Mexican tourist in Vancouver Tim Hortons

  David Morin, 28, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault on Tuesday, according to Vancouver police.

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  Jun 15
• Police arrest man accused of random attack on teen riding Surrey bus

  Transit police are looking a suspect in connection with an unprovoked assault on a teen riding a transit bus in Surrey last month.

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  May 5
• Victoria police seek witnesses after woman shoved face-first into building

  Police said the victim was walking in the 400 block of Simcoe Street around 10 p.m. Saturday when she was approached by the suspect. 

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  May 4
• Video shows suspect allegedly try to steal gun from Vancouver police officer

  The incident happened just before 9 a.m. on Main Street near East Hastings, where to officers were finishing with a call for a sudden death.

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  Apr 7
• Police seek suspect accused of shoving man down stairs at Vancouver SkyTrain station

  The suspect followed the victim inside the station and shoved him down a flight of stairs and kicked him while he was on the ground before a passerby intervened, police said.

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  Mar 18
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• ‘This lady came out of nowhere’: Woman pushed in alleged random assault at Burnaby mall

  Zenia Marshall says she was the victim of a random assault at Metrotown. Police have reported an uptick in unprovoked attacks in Metro Vancouver in recent months.

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  Mar 17
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• Woman accused of throwing hot coffee at Tim Hortons worker charged: Vancouver police

  The incident took place at the restaurant at Abbott and Pender streets on the morning of Oct. 20, and was captured on security video.

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  Mar 10