One person arrested in serious stabbing at Vancouver's International Village Mall
Credit to Author: Postmedia News| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 20:54:24 +0000
One person is in police custody after a stabbing at Vancouver’s International Village Mall on Monday.
Vancouver police were called to the Chinatown shopping centre near Abbott and Keefer streets around 5:30 p.m. and found an individual with serious injuries. The person was taken to hospital .
One person is in custody in connection with the assault. Police say there is no threat to the public.
“This investigation is very new and no other information will be released at this time,” said Sgt. Aaron Roed in an email.
A Vancouver Reddit post shared around 6 p.m. on Monday noted the area had been blocked off and that the scene appeared “pretty bloody.” A graphic photo accompanying the post showed blood on the floor inside the mall, near the entrance of the Rexall drugstore and adjacent to vendor stalls, behind yellow police tape.