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Vancouver mayor calling for ‘concrete action’ after 2 high-profile assaults in busy, public areas [Video]

WARNING: This story includes details of sexual assault and may affect readers who have experienced sexual violence or know someone who has.  

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is calling for “concrete action” from the provincial and federal governments after two high-profile assaults in the city in recent weeks. 

Peterhans Nungu, 34, was arrested and charged with assault causing bodily harm, police said, in connection with an assault in Coal Harbour on April 15. On Tuesday, police said he was granted bail and released from police custody on April 23, but was transferred to a secure medical facility where he was under medical supervision.

Police said he was released from the facility this week and will be living under house arrest in Vancouver.

Meanwhile, convicted sex offender Ronald Hartley Duckhorn, 35, was arrested and charged after a woman was attacked, robbed and sexually assaulted by a stranger in a Stanley Park bathroomon Monday. The latest …

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