Vancouver Police arrest man after string of assaults on Downtown Eastside

Vancouver Police have made an arrest after a string of four attacks, each 10 minutes apart, on the city’s Downtown Eastside Friday night.

Police say a 50-year-old man was allegedly approached from behind and slashed across the neck, sustaining minor injuries, before the suspect ran away.

A second alleged attack followed blocks away, where a 56-year-old man suffered relatively minor stab wounds.

A woman in her 80s was sent to hospital with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries after she was also slashed in the neck.

Police say the final alleged assault was against a 24-year-old man, who received facial injuries before fighting off the attacker.

Crown counsel has approved four charges of aggravated assault — which have not yet been proven in court — against a 23-year-old Vancouver man.