National

Arrest after teen injured at Victoria tent camp

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 22 Apr, 2021 05:13 PM

Police say a suspect has been arrested following an incident at a Victoria tent encampment where officers faced a hostile crowd while trying to help a 15-year-old with serious injuries.

A statement from police says the suspect fled Tuesday night as officers responded to reports that the teen had been assaulted and choked while visiting the camp in Beacon Hill Park.

Const. Cam MacIntyre says a 38-year-old man was arrested in the park Wednesday and remains in custody awaiting recommended charges, including assault, sexual interference and sexual exploitation.

Officers trying to get medical treatment for the teenager reported they were assaulted, bitten and spat upon as they entered the tent encampment late Tuesday.

They say campers tried to pull the teen away from them as he was apprehended under the Child, Family and Community Service Act.

MacIntyre says police later learned the victim is developmentally delayed and had been reported missing from home.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Tourism workers to help with B.C. vaccinations

Premier John Horgan says the province has partnered with 14 hard-hit businesses across the province to help get some of their employees back to work.

Tourism workers to help with B.C. vaccinations

Canada downplays new EU COVID vaccine measures

European sources said Canadian shipments require an export authorization but those should be granted as long as they don’t pose a threat to domestic supply.

Canada downplays new EU COVID vaccine measures

Industry minister foresees biotech revival

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last month that Canada has a new contract with Maryland-based Novavax to eventually churn out doses of its vaccine at a new National Research Council facility going up in Montreal.