{"id":641250,"date":"2026-05-01T17:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/641250\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T17:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:50:09","slug":"8-year-old-boy-assaulted-at-khalsa-day-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/641250\/","title":{"rendered":"8-year-old boy assaulted at Khalsa Day celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are seeking the public\u2019s help in identifying two people suspected of assaulting a child at a festival in Surrey last month.<\/p>\n<p>The Surrey Police Service (SPS) says officers responded to a report of an assault outside a Gurdwara on 85 Avenue near 128 Street on the afternoon of Sunday, April 19, amid Khalsa Day celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>An eight-year-old boy was inside a haunted house amusement in the parking lot, when police say, two men physically assaulted him.<\/p>\n<p>The boy reportedly got away and was able to reach his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe child suffered injuries to his neck, which required treatment at a hospital,\u201d said Ian MacDonald with the SPS. \u201cGurdwara staff and the carnival operator are assisting us with the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He confirms it was a stranger assault.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators canvassed the area for witnesses and surveillance images, which they have shared, hoping the public can help identify the pair.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"247\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501-surrey-assault-suspects-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Two suspects captured on CCTV\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Courtesy Surrey Police Service)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"394\" height=\"370\" data-id=\"4427379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501-surrey-assault-suspects-2.png\" alt=\"One suspect captured on CCTV \" class=\"wp-image-4427379\"  \/>(Courtesy Surrey Police Service)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice are asking others who attended the area and have photos or video of the interior or exterior of the \u2018Kreepy Kastle\u2019 between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on April 19, 2026, to contact police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you have information to share, you\u2019re asked to call the SPS non-emergency line at 604-599-0502 and quote file number 26-37221 (SP), or you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are seeking the public\u2019s help in identifying two people suspected of assaulting a child at a festival&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-641250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}