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Youth stabbed at a Port Coquitlam Secondary School

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 22 Oct, 2024 05:11 PM

Police in Coquitlam are looking for witnesses after a youth was stabbed and suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Mounties say the attack happened yesterday afternoon just before 3 p-m when officers responded to a report at Terry Fox Park in Port Coquitlam.

“The park was heavily populated at the time and we are asking anyone who may have witnessed the incident to contact our investigators,” said Cpl.Hodgins.
— Coquitlam RCMP (@cqrcmp) October 22, 2024

Police say they found one victim who was then taken to hospital for treatement.

A police release says three youth suspects, dressed in all black, fled the scene in a black car, and there were many people at the park who may have seen or captured footage of what happened

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