Stranger Attack

• B.C. open to involuntary care, but needs ‘dignified’ mental health supports: Eby

  Premier David Eby says mental health care in the province for those committed against their will needs to be "dignified and humane" to be effective,.

  Health

  Sep 6
  
• Suspect charged in ‘random’ Vancouver attacks that left 1 dead, 1 with a severed hand

  Court documents show Brendan Colin McBride, 34, of White Rock has been charged with murder and aggravated assault in Wednesday's apparently random attacks.

  Crime

  Sep 5
  
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• ‘Unprovoked stranger attacks’ leave 1 dead, 1 seriously hurt in downtown Vancouver

  Police have arrested a suspect accused of killing one man and and severing another man's hand in what is being described as a pair of downtown stranger attacks.

  Crime

  Sep 4
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• ‘Shaken to my core’: Mother considers leaving Vancouver after verbal attack by stranger

  A Vancouver woman says she was verbally attacked and followed by a stranger while walking her baby along the seawall in Yaleton over the weekend.

  Crime

  Jul 29
• Shirtless man attacks stranger with ‘edged weapon’ in New Westminster: police

  The victim, who suffered minor injuries, reported being attacked from behind by a stranger while on the Quayside Boardwalk.

  Crime

  Jun 20
• Unprovoked stranger attacks down 77% since pandemic, Vancouver police say

  Vancouver police say the number of stranger assaults in the city have fallen from about 4.5 per day in early 2021 to about 1.1 per day in the first half of 2023.

  Crime

  Nov 24, 2023
• Suspect in 4 violent incidents on Vancouver’s west side arrested, released again

  Best Prince, 22, was arrested on September 14 and charged with assault with a weapon and two counts of uttering threats following an alleged violent spree in Vancouver.

  Crime

  Sep 22, 2023
• B.C. stranger assault suspect arrested after victim fights back, bystanders intervene

  Police say the victim fought back against her alleged attacker and was joined by multiple bystanders, one of whom followed the suspect before he was arrested.

  Crime

  Sep 8, 2023
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• Vancouver man suffers ‘significant’ injuries in unprovoked stranger attack: Police

  The victim was standing near an East Vancouver bus stop when the stranger began yelling and acting "erratically," according to Vancouver police.

  Crime

  Aug 17, 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