Random, stranger attacks are among the most frightening forms of criminal victimization, but they terrify us more than they should
In the latest reported attack, on Tuesday afternoon, a man approached a 19-year-old male from behind and stabbed him before running away, police said. On Dec. 30, around the same time, also in Mississauga, a man repeatedly stabbed someone riding a city bus before jumping out.Both attacks were described by police as stranger stabbings. After the first, Peel Regional Police asked the public “to be extra vigilant and report any suspicious behaviour.
Most people have some control over who they spend time with privately, seen as risk mitigation, but when they are out in public, that evaporates.Advertisement 4The outsized fear doesn’t match risk, however. Inter-family attacks are met with sadness, sympathy and outrage, but often not with fear. People can often distance themselves from the situation.
It erases being cautious, inconspicuous, avoiding dangerous lifestyles, choosing good company, locking doors, living in a good area. “In Canada, random stranger violence is still relatively rare so reports of attacks like this and attacks on the TTC still garner a lot of attention,” said Wortley. Flammable liquid was poured on a woman and set on fire as she sat near a park, another was hit with a brick while shielding her child in a stroller. Other women were variously smacked in the head with a butcher’s knife, hit by bear spray, and chased.
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