Random Attacks

• Police arrest Winnipeg woman in random unprovoked punching attacks

  Winnipeg police say they have arrested a suspect in connection with many random unprovoked punching attacks, including one on an 83-year-old woman. 

  Crime

  Jun 4, 2023
  
• More ‘random’ attacks in Toronto: Police name man wanted after 2 subway incidents

  A man is wanted after two "random attacks" on the Toronto subway, police say, the latest in a series of recent alleged unprovoked incidents in the city.

  Crime

  Dec 16, 2022
  
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• Chinatown community members step up to battle random attacks, graffiti vandalism

  Vancouver’s Chinatown isn’t waiting for a new civic government to be sworn in to take action against crime and street disorder that has worsened during the pandemic.

  Crime

  Oct 17, 2022
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• Suspects in 2 unprovoked attacks in Vancouver’s Chinatown wanted on B.C.-wide warrants

  Kevin Aaron Hibbard was initially charged with assault in the attack on 64-year-old Harold Johnson, but that charge has since been upgraded to assault causing bodily harm.

  Crime

  Oct 16, 2022
• ‘Despicable’: Another video of teen violence surfaces in Metro Vancouver

  The cell phone footage, shot April 16 near a Point Grey school, appears to show two youth striking a third youth, as others film and egg on the suspects. 

  Crime

  May 11, 2022
• Vancouver police raise alarm on ‘troubling and violent’ swarmings, robberies, attacks on teens

  Investigations have been opened into several recent swarmings, robberies and reports of humiliating and demeaning rituals involving youth, said Sgt. Steve Addison on Tuesday.

  Crime

  May 10, 2022
• 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
• ‘We don’t have all the answers’: Deputy police chief on rise of unprovoked attacks in Vancouver

  It's an alarming set of "extraordinary incidents" and there is no quick and simple way to crack down on the problem, the Vancouver deputy police chief told Global News on Tuesday. 

  Crime

  Mar 1, 2022