Vancouver Machete Attack

• Man sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for Vancouver NYE machete attacks

  The BC Prosecution Service the sentence handed to Cruz Thomas Joseph on Wednesday included a lifetime firearms ban.

  Crime

  May 4, 2023
  
• Vancouver mayor defends action on public safety after downtown machete attack

  On Saturday, a man set his suite in his downtown rooming house on fire, then stabbed four other people in the building, hospitalizing each of them, according to police.

  Politics

  Aug 9, 2022
  
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• Suspect charged in downtown Vancouver machete attack that injured 4

  Ibrahim Abdela Bakhit faces one count each of aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

  Crime

  Aug 8, 2022
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• 61-year-old man charged in machete incident at Vancouver gas station

  Callers to 911 reported a man hitting a pedestrian with his car, then allegedly chasing several people while holding a knife and a machete at the Esso gas station, police said. 

  Crime

  Jun 2, 2022
• ‘I think my hat saved my life’: Victim of random machete attack in Vancouver speaks

  William Johnson, 52, said he was hit over the head with a machete outside the Blenz coffee shop near Granville and Nelson streets on New Year's Eve.

  Crime

  Jan 6, 2021