Richmond RCMP have issued a public warning after two separate pepper spray attacks in the city’s downtown Tuesday night.
The first attack took place at 10:30 p.m. PT. Police say two women were pepper sprayed by two men after leaving a local business in the 8400-block of Alexandra Road. A stranger came to their assistance and helped transport them to a local hospital.
The second attack took place half an hour later, at 11 p.m. in the 4300-block of No. 3 Road. Two men approached a women putting things into her car. She says the men were armed with a knife
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