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RCMP attempt to identify person of interest in relation to assault

Unprovoked assault update: RCMP is attempting to identify person of interest
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The Elk Valley RCMP is currently attempting to identify a person of interest in relation to an assault outside a local bar in Fernie. If you have any information on this file or can identify the person of interest, please contact the Elk Valley RCMP and or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. Photo courtesy of Elk Valley RCMP.

Unprovoked assault update:

The Elk Valley RCMP is currently attempting to identify a person of interest in relation to an assault outside a local bar in Fernie.

Police were called to The Royal Hotel bar in the early morning hours of June 16th after a male was approached by five other people and then attacked by a person in that group, suffering potentially life altering injuries.

Read about the assault when it happened.

RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance to identify the person in the pictures attached.

If you have any information on this file or can identify the person of interest, please contact the Elk Valley RCMP and or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.



Phil McLachlan

About the Author: Phil McLachlan

Phil McLachlan is the editor at the Penticton Western News. He served as the reporter, and eventually editor of The Free Press newspaper in Fernie.
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