Unprovoked Attack

• Safety concerns raised following unprovoked attack at Penticton business

  Safety concerns are being raised following an unprovoked attack at a business in downtown Penticton.

  Crime

  Jan 15
  
• Man arrested after grandpa sucker-punched while pushing grandchild in stroller

  The sucker punch left the victim lying on the ground, his grandchild's stroller overturned next to him, as the attacker walks away.

  U.S. News

  Dec 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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• Sleeping homeless man sprayed with paint in unprovoked Spruce Grove attack

  Parkland RCMP are investigating after receiving a call that on July 25, an unhoused man who was sleeping in a park had paint thrown all over him and his belongings.

  Crime

  Aug 3, 2023
• ‘Why did she do it to me?’: Victim of Toronto streetcar stabbing speaks out

  Traumatized and worried that her assailant might come looking for her upon her release from jail, Global News has agreed to conceal the woman's identity upon her request.

  Crime

  Jan 27, 2023
• Man accused in random Vancouver lobby attack released, prompting police warning

  Along with the attack at the Yaletown apartment building, Bryce Michael Flores-Bebington is charged with a pair of unrelated sexual assaults in July.

  Crime

  Nov 4, 2022
• Vancouver police release photo of ‘sucker-punch’ suspect

  The victim was standing outside near Granville and Helmcken streets around 1 a.m. on Aug. 14, when the someone approached and punched him in the head.

  Crime

  Oct 14, 2022
• Repeat offender and suspect in random attack on Vancouver woman granted bail

  Mohammed Majidpour is accused of striking a 19-year-old Asian woman over the head with a pole on Sept. 27 around Dunsmuir and Cambie streets, and making offensive comments.

  Crime

  Oct 11, 2022
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• 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."

  Crime

  Sep 12, 2022
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• Vancouver police investigating possible hate crime assault

  Three men are seen in a video attacking a man as he leaves a store, quickly swarming the victim with punches and kicks, while two women watch from a short distance.

  Crime

  Aug 27, 2022