Stranger Assaults

• Stabbings, guns, fires, thefts among 1,800 weekend police calls in Vancouver

  With scorching temperatures, the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) said it saw a 250-per-cent increase in calls to the beach from this time last year.

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  May 15, 2023
  
• ‘Never been so supported’: Help pours in for 15-year-old beaten by teens in Surrey

  The B.C. mom said an outpouring of kindness has come their way, restoring some of her "faith in humanity," and motivating her daughter to pay it forward. 

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  May 12, 2022
  
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• ‘Despicable’: Another video of teen violence surfaces in Metro Vancouver

  The cell phone footage, shot April 16 near a Point Grey school, appears to show two youth striking a third youth, as others film and egg on the suspects. 

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  May 11, 2022
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• ‘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.

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  May 11, 2022
• Vancouver police raise alarm on ‘troubling and violent’ swarmings, robberies, attacks on teens

  Investigations have been opened into several recent swarmings, robberies and reports of humiliating and demeaning rituals involving youth, said Sgt. Steve Addison on Tuesday.

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  May 10, 2022
• ‘We don’t have all the answers’: Deputy police chief on rise of unprovoked attacks in Vancouver

  It's an alarming set of "extraordinary incidents" and there is no quick and simple way to crack down on the problem, the Vancouver deputy police chief told Global News on Tuesday. 

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  Mar 1, 2022
• ‘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.

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  Feb 27, 2022
• Man suffers life-threatening stab wounds after random attack in Vancouver coffee shop

  The stabbing took place around 6:20 a.m. on Saturday at the Harbour Centre Tim Horton's near Seymour and West Hastings Street and was captured by the shop's security cameras.

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  Jan 24, 2022
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• ‘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.

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  Oct 20, 2021