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Alleged violent sex assault found to be a scooter fall: Vancouver police

Police investigated after viral social media post decribed extremely violent attack
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FILE – Police cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Police say they have gotten to the bottom of a viral social media post in November that described a violent sexual assault that left a woman in hospital in Vancouver.

In a statement on Wednesday (Nov. 29), Sgt. Steve Addison called the nature of the allegations “extremely concerning,” and sparked an investigation on Nov. 4 after a post on Instagram was reshared widely described a woman being abducted by a man dressed all in black and sexually assaulted while walking away from a pub near Victoria Drive and Powell Street.

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About the Author: Ashley Wadhwani-Smith

I began my journalistic journey at Black Press Media as a community reporter in my hometown of Maple Ridge, B.C.
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