VANCOUVER A 44-year-old man has been charged in connection with a series of seemingly random assaults at SkyTrain stations in Surrey last month. Metro Vancouver Transit Police said three people were body-checked without provocation over a period of nine days, including one man who was subsequently choked unconscious. Everyone has the right to feel safe while using transit. Violence of any kind will not be tolerated, Sgt. Clint Hampton said in a news release Wednesday. The suspect s alleged actions could have had dire consequences for the victims and were completely abhorrent. The first incident happened at the Surrey Central SkyTrain Station on the evening of April 9, when a suspect allegedly attacked an attendant in what the victim described as a hockey check. The attendant managed to stay on his feet, police said.
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A 44-year-old man is facing multiple charges in connection with a series of unprovoked assaults at Surrey SkyTrain stations.
Three people reported being assaulted by an unknown man who allegedly threw bodychecks like a hockey player into his unsuspecting victims.
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The first complaint occurred on April 9, around 8 p.m., at Surrey Central Station, the second on April 14, at 4:35 p.m., at Scott Road Station, and the third on April 17, at 7:55 p.m., at Gateway Station.
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A suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with three separate assaults at three different SkyTrain stations – including one where a man was rendered unconscious.
Metro Vancouver Transit Police (MVTP) said in a release on Wednesday that the first incident occurred on April 9, at approximately 8 pm, when the suspect entered Surrey Central SkyTrain Station and allegedly, “purposely and without provocation, body-checked a SkyTrain Attendant working at the station.” Police said the victim described the incident as a “hockey check,” and although he was thrown off balance, he was able to regain his footing.
In the second incident, which occurred on April 14, at about 4:35 pm, the suspect followed the victim at Scott Road SkyTrain Station. “While the victim stood at the Compass Vending Machine, the suspect allegedly ran toward and violently body checked the unsuspecting victim so hard that he was thrown to the ground,” police said.
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