A man who terrorized women in St. John’s in 2012 is now suing the federal government, saying he’ll never walk again after being stabbed at a prison in Renous, N.B.
Sofyan Boalag’s statement of claim says he was incarcerated at the Atlantic Institution on Feb. 3, 2023, when prison staff opened the doors to all cells in one corridor simultaneously so inmates could line up for medication.
Boalag says he was attacked from behind and stabbed repeatedly.
“The plaintiff says that his injuries were catastrophic in nature, rendering him unable to walk for the rest of his life,” reads the statement of claim, filed in Federal Court on Jan. 20.
Boalag was convicted of raping two women and a 15-year-old girl in Newfoundland during the summer and fall of 2012.
There were six complainants in total, with women describing how he choked them unconscious and threatened them with a knife …