Stranger Assault

• Vancouver police seek to identify suspect in September assault

  Police say a group of strangers approached and began assaulting three women, leaving them with "numerous" injuries to their faces and arms. 

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• 74-year-old woman assaulted in Vancouver’s Strathcona neighbourhood, police say

  The assault took place in the 800-block of Heatley Ave. when the senior woman was on her way to work, police said.

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  Nov 13
  
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• Woman ‘sucker-punched’ in downtown Vancouver by stranger

  The 29-year-old was walking near Cambie and Pender streets around 6:30 p.m. when a man approached and punched her, knocking her to the ground. 

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  Oct 13
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• 1 sent to hospital, 1 arrested in ‘unprovoked’ hammer attack in Victoria

  A man was struck in the head with a hammer from behind in Victoria, police said.

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  Oct 7
• ‘Bone chilling’: Witness describes random attack in lobby of Vancouver apartment

  Vancouver police are praising bystanders who intervened after a woman was attacked by a stranger in her apartment lobby on Sunday.

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  Oct 3
• Martial artist brings knife defence class to Vancouver as violent crime continues

  Jennifer Bajus, a Krav Maga Force training safety officer, said she was moved to offer the course as "random assaults keep rising in our city."

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  Sep 12
• Man stabbed in chest over cigarette dispute: Victoria police

  According to police, the suspect approached the victim looking for a smoke, then attacked him with the knife when he was turned down.

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  Aug 31
• Man charged, accused of assaulting 3 women in downtown Vancouver, exposing himself

  Just before 8 a.m. on Monday, a woman said a stranger approached her with his penis exposed while she was walking by the Vancouver Public Library.

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  Aug 30
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• Merchants donate $8,800 to beloved Chinatown security guard who was attacked

  Harold Johnson, 64, suffered a black eye, a broken cheekbone, a broken nose and head trauma when he was attacked in an alley near the Chinese Cultural Centre on Aug. 12.

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  Aug 22
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• Police make arrest in connection with string of random assaults on Vancouver’s west side

  The three assaults all took place within the space of a few hours in the Fairview neighbourhood on Thursday evening.

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  Aug 22