Vancouver police are investigating the incident of a 50-year-old woman reportedly having been set on fire while sitting on a sidewalk in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood on July 25.
The woman was sitting near Dunlevy and Powell streets at around 1:30 a.m. when a stranger approached her, poured a flammable substance on her head, and lit it on fire, according to a Vancouver Police Department (VPD) July 27 news release.
“This was a shocking attack that targeted a vulnerable member of our community,” Constable Tania Visintin said.“We need witnesses and anyone with information to call police and help solve this crime.”…