Random Attack

• Kelowna family shaken after loved one is stabbed on morning walk

  Tejinder Singh, who was visiting family from India, was walking north along Highway 97 near Highway 33 last week when the violent incident occurred.

  Canada

  May 20
  
• Family of man accused in Vancouver seawall tourist attack ‘devastated’ by events

  His mother, Nungu Magdalene, told Global News that her son was in a "mentally ill condition" on Sunday and they called the police to help take him to the hospital.

  Crime

  Apr 24, 2025
  
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• ‘I was the prey’: Tourist details violent random attack on Vancouver’s Seawall

  She said she had been in Vancouver for a little over 24 hours and decided to leave her hotel and see some of the city sights and have dinner.

  Crime

  Apr 23, 2025
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• Man randomly pepper-sprayed, robbed by 5 people in downtown Edmonton: police

  Edmonton police are looking for five people who pepper-sprayed and robbed a man downtown earlier this week.

  Crime

  Aug 29, 2024
• Winnipeg police investigate random stabbing of woman by cyclist

  Winnipeg police say they are investigating after a woman was randomly stabbed by a cyclist on Monday. 

  Crime

  Jul 16, 2024
• B.C. man convicted of racist knife attack facing new charges

  A B.C. man who randomly attacked an immigrant from East Africa in a hate-motivated crime caught on camera two years ago is in trouble with the law again.

  Crime

  Jul 4, 2024
• Man arrested after alleged random attack in Kelowna, B.C.

  “I caught this guy out of the corner of my eye walking down the street with a 4X4, about four feet long,” West Kelowna resident Tom Groat told Global News.

  Crime

  Apr 3, 2024
• Burnaby RCMP seek accused hair-puller in alleged Metrotown assault

  Police are looking to identify a woman accused of hitting a stranger then grabbing her hair and pulling her to the ground near the Metrotown bus loop on Friday.

  Crime

  Nov 10, 2023
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• ‘Unprovoked stabbing’ in Vancouver sends New Zealand tourist to hospital

  Vancouver police say a man remains at large after allegedly stabbing a tourist from New Zealand in an unprovoked attack downtown Wednesday evening.

  Crime

  Jul 13, 2023
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• RCMP seek assistance in identifying suspect in assault on 10-year-old boy in Virden, Man.

  Manitoba RCMP are seeking assistance in identifying a suspect in connection with an assault on a 10-year-old boy who was riding his bike in Virden June 16.

  Crime

  Jun 23, 2023