2 more violent assaults reported involving Winnipeg transit: police
Story continues below advertisementOn Wednesday at 11:45 a.m., investigators found both suspects in a home in the Wedgewood Drive neighbourhood and placed them under arrest without incident.
Through their investigation, they learned the suspects had approached the victim as she was waiting for the bus and physically assaulted her in an unprovoked manner. She was robbed of her wallet and phone. A knife was used by one of the suspects during the incident and the wallet was found nearby and returned to the victim.
Police say the suspects are also linked to a strong-arm robbery that occurred on Nov. 2 at a bus stop in the 2000 block of Pembina Highway. In this incident, police say the suspects robbed a 30-year-old woman of her purse at knifepoint and later used her debit card to purchase merchandise. The woman was not injured.All of the suspects mentioned were released on undertakings.
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