Breastfeeding Vancouver mother attacked by stranger in car: Police – B.C

A disturbing incident occurred in Vancouver on Thursday where police said a mother was breastfeeding her baby in an SUV when she was attacked by a stranger.

Vancouver police said a mother, her husband, their young son and another family member were sitting in a vehicle on Commercial Drive near East 2nd Street when a stranger opened a door and got into the vehicle around 2:15 p.m Started

The stranger reportedly tried to grab the mother and toddler in the back seat.

“The mother, a woman in her 30s from Vancouver, was screaming, holding the baby and trying to fight the man off,” Sgt. Steve Addison said in an email.

“Bystanders and witnesses intervened and restrained the man until officers arrived and arrested him.”

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A video shared with Global News shows some bystanders gathered outside the vehicle wrestling with the shirtless suspect.

The arrest was also captured on video by a witness. It showed a shirtless, shoeless man being escorted into the back of a police car.

Vancouver police said the man was known to police.

The mother suffered minor injuries in the incident, but the baby was unharmed.

Witnesses said that while bystanders tried to subdue the suspect after they intervened, the suspect reportedly fought back with punches.

A 26-year-old man remains in custody. Vancouver police said they would recommend charges.

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