His wife told Global News that just at the end of the program, that's when the attack took place with a young woman in her 20s, who was nearby, getting attacked first.
“We think, OK, because it’s a festival lots of people and it’s crowded, so we will be safe,” the husband told Global News.
“And then I turn around. I think that at that time, the guy was trying to attack me on the back too, that’s why, when I turned around he missed my back and got me on my arm,” he said.He said when he tried to stand back up, he said the suspect tried to stab him again. He tried to kick him but he fell and hurt his knee and that was when the suspect ran away.On Monday, Vancouver police Chief Const.
The wife of the couple attacked said she didn’t know anything had happened until she felt something painful in her back.Her husband said he was going to try and chase the suspect but he saw his wife was bleeding so he stopped to put pressure on her back wound to stop the bleeding.
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