A few days ago it was swarmings, now it just seems to be robberies and beatings that are taking place in Halifax.
This most recent incident is particularly scary as it is my neighbourhood, a part of Halifax that is typically quite safe. I am starting to wonder if I should have a walking partner (or two) when I go out at night.
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Showing posts with label Assaults. Show all posts
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Another Swarming
It seems that since my last post about swarmings CBC has reported that there has now been an eighth swarming since Labour Day weekend. Like the others, this one apparently started with the attackers asking the victims a question. Eventually one of victims were subjected to the following abuses: punches, kicks, tree branchings.
The only good news coming from this most recent attack is that one individual is now in custody. I am really hoping that now that one individual is in custody they will be able to locate the others or at least scare the other perpetrators into inaction (though this maybe somewhat hopeful).
As my friend Peter and I were noting last night, these swarmings seem to be part of a pattern of runs of strange crimes in Halifax. Last year at this time the South End was suffering from repeated appearances of the night watcher (a guy who used to like to watch young women sleep from inside their bedrooms), at various points there have also been guys who have been serially exposing themselves to others, and there was also a string of shootings/stabbings that saw close to one person a day suffer from either a shooting or a stabbing. Hopefully the recent swarming trend will mark the end of the larger string of violent and invasive crimes in Halifax.
The only good news coming from this most recent attack is that one individual is now in custody. I am really hoping that now that one individual is in custody they will be able to locate the others or at least scare the other perpetrators into inaction (though this maybe somewhat hopeful).
As my friend Peter and I were noting last night, these swarmings seem to be part of a pattern of runs of strange crimes in Halifax. Last year at this time the South End was suffering from repeated appearances of the night watcher (a guy who used to like to watch young women sleep from inside their bedrooms), at various points there have also been guys who have been serially exposing themselves to others, and there was also a string of shootings/stabbings that saw close to one person a day suffer from either a shooting or a stabbing. Hopefully the recent swarming trend will mark the end of the larger string of violent and invasive crimes in Halifax.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Swarmings?
Why, all of a sudden, are there so many swarmings in Halifax? That there have been seven recently makes me feel a little bit uneasy. I am not sure if I should take any comfort from the fact that they are in the North End or not. Anyway, I hope this situation is resolved shortly as it is somewhat disconcerting to think that 6 to 7 people might just jump me while walking down the street at night.
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