Unidentified man punches young Asian woman in the face in Vancouver - Filipino

​WEB - Philippine Canadian Inquirer - National, 06/05/2020 - NEWS, English

Summary: Joanna Belle Deala - A young Asian woman was suddenly punched in the face by an unidentified man while she was just standing at a bus stop in downtown Vancouver, according to Vancouver Police. In a media briefing on Tuesday, May 5, Sergeant Aaron Roed, media relations officer for the Vancouver Police Department, said the assault happened last April 12 near Granvill and West Pender Streets. In the footage released by the authorities, the suspect was seen walking towards the direction of the 22-year-old woman when he suddenly punched her in the face, making the victim fall to the ground. The motive behind the assault is yet to be identified. Although this happened amid the rising reports of incidents of discrimination and unfair treatment against people with Asian heritage as they are being wrongfully blamed for the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Roed said they refuse to speculate on the suspect’s motive. “This is why we want to identify the attacker, so we can rule anything out and find out if this is a hate crime,” he said. Roed said the VPD’s diversity and hate crime department is already working with major-crime detectives on the assault.

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