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A GoFundMe page has been launched to support an 89-year-old BC man attacked by a machete in the Comox Valley on Wednesday morning.
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Bob, 89, told police that he was inside his vehicle parked on the 400-block of 5th Street at approximately 4:15 a.m. when he was approached by a man on a bicycle who asked him for a cigarette.
The victim told the man that he did not have any cigarettes before the man assaulted him with what appeared to be a machete.
“Bob was viciously attacked this morning while delivering local papers in the Comox Valley, something he has done for years after meeting our Grandma”, reads the GoFundMe page.
“He is undergoing surgery as we speak to see if they can save his eye after multiple slashes to his face from a machete”.
Police say the elderly man drove himself to the Comox Valley RCMP detachment to report the attack before being taken to the hospital.
The suspect has been described as being young, possibly in his 20s with a dark complexion, wearing something on his head, who was riding a bicycle.
The money raised will help Bob “in his medical recovery both physically & mentally”.
If you have any information about this incident, please call the Comox Valley RCMP at (250) 338-1321 and refer to file 2019-11772.
Additionally, you can send video footage directly to the Comox Valley RCMP at [email protected] and an investigator will follow up.
If you wish to remain anonymous, you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or online at http://comoxvalleycrimestoppers.bc.ca/.
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