Teen from India beaten in 'horrific' unprovoked attack in Winnipeg

Teen student from India beaten in 'horrific' unprovoked attack in Winnipeg bus shelter
[h=2]Police say attacker is 'more dangerous than anybody else out there' and want him found and arrested[/h] January 24th 2018

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A 17-year-old university student newly arrived from India was so badly beaten he was incapable of moving from the concrete floor after a random, unprovoked attack in a downtown Winnipeg bus shelter.

Winnipeg police are desperate to find the man who attacked the teen, saying that person is "more dangerous than anybody else out there."

"We need to get this person identified as soon as possible and have them removed from the streets," said spokeswoman Const. Tammy Skrabek.

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A video still from a surveillance camera shows the man police want in connection with the bus shelter beating. (Winnipeg Police Service)

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The attack happened around 10:30 a.m. CT inside a large bus shelter attached to the front of Portage Place Shopping Centre.

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Police released this image, from surveillance cameras in a downtown skywalk, of the man wanted in connection to the bus shelter beating. (Winnipeg Police Service)


The victim was a 17-year-old university student from India who had only been in Canada for about three weeks, police said.

Skrabek said the teenager had been in the shelter for only four or five minutes before the attacker went after him.

A brief clip of surveillance video footage released by the police shows the victim and attacker standing a few feet apart.

The attacker waits for other people in the shelter and those standing nearby outside the shelter to leave. Then suddenly the attacker lunges at the teen and starts to punch him. The video stops there.

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The attack is particularly disturbing for its apparent deliberateness, Skrabek said.

“We’re talking about somebody who was standing there, purposely waiting to prey on a victim. That person is more dangerous than anybody else out there who’s perhaps dealing drugs or whatever it is,” she said.

“It’s this person that the public needs to be concerned about — somebody like this, who’s completely, randomly attacking somebody not known to him, unprovoked.”

Investigators are asking anyone with information to contact police at 204-986-6222 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS (8477).

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Winnipeg police arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with the incident around 9:50 p.m. CT on Wednesday, more than 24 hours after the attack, said Insp. Cam Baldwin.

"Obviously we're very relieved. This is an individual that is known to police, so we were concerned based on the violence of the initial offence and the fact that he is known to police," Baldwin said. "We were concerned for the safety of other citizens so we're very relieved to have him off the streets at this point."

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