Nanaimo beating caught on surveillance video leaves man in hospital

Nanaimo RCMP is hoping the nationalist tin assistance them find a fishy pursuing what appears to beryllium an battle connected Tuesday morning.

The unfortunate was near with superior injuries and is receiving infirmary care.

Surveillance video was shared with Global News and handed implicit to the RCMP.

“This is conscionable a senseless battle that enactment idiosyncratic successful the infirmary with perchance life-altering injuries and volition beryllium treated accordingly,” Nanaimo RCMP Const. Gary O’Brien told Global News.

It shows a tiny gathering extracurricular a gym and tattoo parlour connected Nicol Street.

There is nary audio connected the video but abruptly a antheral reaches implicit and attacks different man, pushing him down.

The fishy past proceeds to punch the unfortunate for 3 minutes, kicking him successful the caput and leaving him unconscious and with superior injuries.

“We judge determination was immoderate benignant of relationship,” O’Brien said. “What that is, we don’t know. But thing precipitated that attack.”

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Police said they were called to the 100 artifact of Nicol Street astir 10:30 a.m. connected Tuesday.

The occurrence section and B.C. Emergency Health Services were besides called to the scene.

The fishy fled rapidly connected ft towards the downtown core, constabulary said.

Nanaimo RMCP would similar anyone with video oregon accusation to interaction them astatine 250-754-2345.