Mounties are investigating after an 18-year-old man sustained life-threatening injuries in a baseball bat attack in Nanaimo.
The Nanaimo RCMP say the attack happened just before 5 p.m. Friday on Bruce Avenue near Dundas Street.
Witnesses told investigators that a suspect wearing a mask approached the victim, struck him with the bat and kicked him before fleeing on foot with a group of four or five youths.Paramedics transported the man to hospital in Nanaimo. He was later airlifted to hospital in Victoria with life-threatening injuries.
Mounties say they have located a vehicle associated with the assault and have seized it for forensic examination. Investigators have identified the registered owner of the vehicle."This was a vicious attack carried out in broad daylight that has shocked the community," Nanaimo RCMP spokesperson Const. Gary O'Brien said in a statement Monday.
"We want to assure people that this is a priority investigation and that the investigators are focused on identifying who is responsible, and holding them accountable for their actions."
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