“Despite the teenager’s attempts to defend herself when she bent down to pick up her glasses, the suspect used his knee to hit her in the head.
A man allegedly attacked a 17-year-old girl on a TransLink bus in the Vancouver subway in April.
The Vancouver Transit Police (MVTP) is asking the public for help in identifying the suspect in the obscene operation that took place on April 1, just before 2 p.m.
A 17-year-old girl boarded a bus on route 335, which went to the Newton Exchange in Surrey and went to the back of the bus and sat down, explains a press release. At one point in the trip, a man boarded the bus and “began to act chaotically” as he headed for the back of the bus before sitting near the teenager.
The suspect was “more and more excited” as the journey continued, and he eventually stood up and locked the teenager in her corner seat. At that moment, without provocation, he allegedly punched her several times in the head, which caused her glasses to fly out of her.
“Despite the teenager’s attempts to defend herself when she bent down to pick up her glasses, the suspect used his knee to hit her in the head,” the MVTP explained.
The suspect was last seen getting off the bus at 152nd Street and 84th Avenue in Surrey while the victim warned the bus operator of the incident. The victim was not seriously injured and reported the incident to police when she returned.
The suspect is described as a 30- to 40-year-old South Asian man, average build, approximately 5’8 “with a bald head. He was seen wearing a long, black winter jacket, light blue jeans and black velcro-colored sneakers.
Photo by the Vancouver subway transit police
“Everyone has the right to arrive safely at their transit destination and without fear of being attacked. Therefore, this unprovoked attack by a stranger is taken extremely seriously. “Our detectives have exhausted all the investigative possibilities they have, and are now turning to the public for help so that an arrest can be made,” said a spokesman for the MVTP Cnst. Amanda Steed.
Anyone who has information about this or another attack on transit is asked to contact the transit police by phone 604-515-8300 or via SMS at 87.77.77.
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