Stranger Attacks

• Vancouver man identified as victim in deadly stranger attack

  Francis David Laporte was killed near the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, just minutes after the same attacker allegedly severed a 56-year-old man's hand a few blocks away.

  Crime

  Sep 6, 2024
  
• Man arrested after ‘unprovoked attack’ with hatchet on New Westminster police officer

  A patrol officer attempted to speak to the man, but he "raised the hatchet in a threatening manner and charged," according to New Westminster police.

  Crime

  Aug 9, 2022
  
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• ‘Traumatized’: Woman suffers broken nose in attack by two men in Vancouver

  'She didn't want to give up her phone so they punched her seven times in the face,' said the victim's mother, Mirella Gibeau.

  Crime

  Jul 12, 2022
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• B.C., mayors launch probe to crack down on repeat offenders, random attacks

  This investigation and recommendation structure are similar to actions taken by the province to address money laundering, as well as the financial crisis at ICBC.

  Politics

  May 5, 2022
• ‘That threat is real’: Half of Vancouver Chinatown BIA’s annual budget now spent on security

  The Vancouver Chinatown Business Improvement Area (BIA) says fear of street violence is dissuading people from visiting or working in the neighbourhood.

  Crime

  Feb 28, 2022