A 19-year-old Richmond man and 17-year-old Surrey boy are charged with aggravated assault related to a stabbing on a bus near Guildford Town Centre shopping mall on July 22, 2023.
Constable Amanda Steed, of the Metro Vancouver Transit Police, said Ramadhan Ibrahim-Hussein, 19, and the 17-year-old boy sa国际传媒 whose identity is shielded by the Youth Criminal Justice Act sa国际传媒 are both sa国际传媒渒nown to police.sa国际传媒
The stabbing happened just before 3 p.m., Steed noted, after a teenager and his girlfriend were sa国际传媒渋nvolved in an altercation with two individuals at Guildford Mall following derogatory comments allegedly made to the girlfriend.sa国际传媒
The teen and his girlfriend then boarded a bus at 104 Avenue and 152 Street, and after it departed sa国际传媒渢he two suspects boarded the same bus at the next stop,sa国际传媒 Steed said.
sa国际传媒淎 second altercation took place, during which one of the suspects removed a knife from his pocket and stabbed the victim in the stomach before exiting onto 104 Ave,sa国际传媒 police allege. sa国际传媒淭he victim was transported to hospital where he underwent emergency surgery.sa国际传媒
Steed said the suspectssa国际传媒 faces were covered and both wore sa国际传媒渘ondescriptsa国际传媒 clothing, sa国际传媒渕aking identification difficult.
sa国际传媒淗owever, our detectives were more than up to the challenge,sa国际传媒 she added. sa国际传媒淓vidence was painstakingly gathered and analyzed, and forensic methodologies utilized, resulting in the arrests.sa国际传媒
Hussein is set to appear in Surrey provincial court on Friday, Jan. 26 and the youth is scheduled to be in court on Wednesday, Jan. 31.