Vancouver police have arrested one suspect and are searching for two others following three “unprovoked” assaults on strangers in a single day.
The Vancouver Police Department said on its website on Oct. 16 that it had arrested a 33-year-old Vancouver woman in connection with an assault on a 73-year-old woman on Oct. 15. The victim was waiting in line for a recycling cup program when a woman approached and tried to steal bags containing the victim’s recyclable cups.
Police said the attacker punched the woman in the eye and pushed her to the ground when she tried to stop the theft, then fled with one of the bags. The victim was taken to hospital in stable condition….