Two assaults at the downtown transit exchange on back to back nights earlier this month, on the same person, are being investigated by police. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff
unprovoked attack
Oct 11, 2025 | 9:31 AM
NANAIMO — Police are looking for leads after a man reported being attacked twice in consecutive days while waiting for his bus.
Both assaults happened at the bus loop on Front St., next to Port Place Shopping Centre, with the first occurring in the early evening hours of Friday, Oct. 3, then the next happening at approximately 8:30 p.m. the following day.
Reserve Cst. Gary O’Brien said the victim was a 19-year-old man with developmental challenges.
“On both occasions, he said he was waiting for his bus, which he rides quite frequently throughout the day. Two individuals approached him and proceeded to assault him [on Friday], and the second incident he was chased then assaulted again.”