Suspect who targeted masked Asian women in ‘disturbing’ racist incident on Vancouver bus is dead, police say

Police in Vancouver say the suspect in a “disturbing” racist incident – in which two Asian women wearing face masks were verbally abused before a third woman who came to their defence was injured – died of an apparent drug overdose a few days after the assault.The development was announced on Wednesday, one day after Metro Vancouver Transit Police had asked the public for help in identifying the suspect in the April 15 incident.“The suspect was a 48-year-old man from Vancouver with no fixed…

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