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The Vancouver Police Department has released images of a suspect in a series of stranger attacks in Yaletown on Friday morning.
VPD spokesperson Sgt. Steve Addison said the department’s highest priority is to identify and apprehend the suspect who stabbed four people, attacked another and verbally abused two more people on Oct. 10 at around 7:30 a.m.
“These assaults were violent and unprovoked, and as long as this suspect remains at large, we fear the community is at risk,” Addison said.
Police were called to the seawall near David Lam Park in Yaletown with reports that a number of people had been stabbed.
“Three stabbing victims were initially located and taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries,” Addison said. “Four additional assault victims have since come forward, including another stabbing victim, a person who was physically assaulted, and two others who were not physically injured.
The victims are five men and two women, ranging from 23 to 59 years old.
“There may be additional victims we don’t know about, or witnesses who have important information that could help solve this case,” he said. “We’re asking anyone with information to call our investigators.”
The suspect is believed to be a woman in her 20s or 30s, with long, dark hair in a ponytail. She was wearing an oversized black leather jacket, black pants and possibly a leopard-print shirt or scarf. She was last seen walking east on Marinaside Crescent, between the Cambie Bridge and David Lam Park.
Anyone who recognizes the woman or has information that may assist investigators is asked to contact the Vancouver Police Major Crime Section at 604-717-2541.