‘He was on a mission to hurt someone’: Toronto woman goes viral after random attack
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A Toronto woman goes viral after opening up about her experience being physically assaulted in broad daylight near Yonge and Dundas, warning others to be careful.
A Toronto woman is speaking out after being randomly attacked in broad daylight and is raising concerns about safety in the city.
Rina Elias has gained the attention of hundreds of thousands of people after posting a video on TikTok describing her experience of being physically assaulted near Yonge and Dundas on Jan 20. shortly after 3:20 p.m.
“The sidewalk was not busy, we were not head-on-head, and I was not in his way whatsoever,” Elias recalled.
She described the man as being in mid-thirties, well-dressed and gave no indication of being a threat.
“He looked like he was headed back home after work,” she told Global News.
At 3:25 pm, after leaving the gym, Elias said she was assaulted.
“All of a sudden, as he was two metres away from me, he took two big lunges toward me and body-checked me,” Elias said.
She recalls the impact being so forceful that she fell to the ground, struggling to breathe.
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