Vancouver Police have made an arrest after a string of four attacks, each 10 minutes apart, on the city's Downtown Eastside.
Police say a 50-year-old man was allegedly approached from behind and slashed across the neck, sustaining minor injuries, before the suspect ran away.
A second alleged attack followed blocks away, where a 56-year-old man suffered relatively minor stab wounds.
A woman in her 80s was sent to hospital with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries after she was also slashed in the neck.
Police say the final alleged assault was against a 24-year-old man, who received facial injuries before fighting off the attacker.
Crown counsel has approved four charges of aggravated assault — which have not yet been proven in court — against a 23-year-old Vancouver man Joshua David Mennear.
The #VPD ended a string of violent and unprovoked attacks in the Downtown Eastside last night between 8:20 and 8:50 pm with a quick arrest of the man allegedly responsible. Joshua David Manner, 23, is charged with four counts of aggravated assault. https://t.co/iBiGGWWqfU
— Vancouver Police (@VancouverPD) April 28, 2018
