Transit Attack

• Chilean senior visiting Edmonton randomly attacked on LRT

  Iris Pino Ortega, 67, was visiting Edmonton from Chile and riding the LRT when she was attacked on the train on Saturday, July 29.

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  Aug 1, 2023
  
• B.C. woman says she was attacked after filming disruptive group on transit bus

  A West Vancouver woman says she was attacked from behind after filming a disruptive group of youths on a Blue Bus when she was heading home from the fireworks last weekend.

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  Jul 26, 2023
  
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• Surrey SkyTrain stabbing suspect arrested, released with conditions

  The victim was left with what police described as a "serious" stab wound to his stomach area, but has since been discharged from the hospital.

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  Apr 24, 2023
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• ‘We will not stand for this’: TransLink CEO addresses recent bus, SkyTrain attacks

  "We will not allow criminals or those who want to commit crimes to come on to our system. This is our system," TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn said on Friday.

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  Apr 14, 2023
• 1 in hospital after ‘serious assault’ on transit bus in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside: police

  Following an assault onboard a bus on East Hastings Street Friday, Vancouver police said the incident may have been a robbery.

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  Apr 14, 2023
• Transit police identify and charge suspects involved in brutal bus attack

  The victim was taken to hospital with a broken arm, a cracked sternum and head trauma.

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  Apr 4, 2018
• A partial list of attacks on transit drivers across Canada

  Winnipeg transit bus driver Irvine Fraser died in hospital early Tuesday morning after being seriously stabbed by a passenger at the last stop on a route to the University of Manitoba. Union leaders across the country have voiced concern for years about attacks on transit drivers. Here's a partial list of bus driver assaults.

  Canada

  Feb 14, 2017
• Man accused of random, vicious attack on bus driver receives sentence

  Sean Quaye is accused of punching a driver in the face on a Coast Mountain bus in March.

  Sep 4, 2014
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• Transit driver attacked — WK man charged

  WEST KELOWNA — A public transit driver is recovering from a serious injury and a West Kelowna man is facing charges following an assault last weekend. The incident happened Saturday in West Kelowna where a male passenger attacked the driver after being informed the bus would not stop at Boucherie Road. “According to witnesses, as the...

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  Jul 16, 2013