{"id":26925,"date":"2024-05-13T21:36:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T21:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/?p=26925"},"modified":"2024-05-13T21:36:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T21:36:56","slug":"edmonton-woman-speaks-out-after-husband-suffers-20-stabs-to-his-back-in-random-attack-edmonton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/edmonton-woman-speaks-out-after-husband-suffers-20-stabs-to-his-back-in-random-attack-edmonton\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton woman speaks out after husband suffers \u201920 stabs to his back\u2019 in random attack – Edmonton"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After a brazen Sunday morning attack left an Edmonton man seriously injured with multiple stab wounds, cuts and damaged teeth, his wife is speaking about what happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was shocking. It was a lot to process when you\u2019re half asleep and the words were basically: \u2018I\u2019m really sorry, I\u2019ve been attacked,’\u201d said the woman, who Global News is not identifying out of concerns for their safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a lot. It was instant sort of shock and stress mode.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to police, a man was walking his dog near 101A Avenue and 67th Street just after 5 a.m. on May 5 when he was assaulted by two suspects \u201cwith edged weapons.\u201d Police said the victim sustained serious, non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital in stable condition.<\/p>\n

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The suspects ran away and have not been apprehended. The police investigation continues.<\/p>\n

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The victim\u2019s wife told Global News she and her husband have lived in the area of Terrace Heights for 25 years. They\u2019ve always had dogs and have walked them in this neighbourhood without any issues until last weekend.<\/p>\n

There are sometimes coyotes in the field nearby, so her husband often walks with a flashlight and a stick.<\/p>\n

Just after 5 a.m. on May 5, she got a call from her husband. He\u2019d noticed two youths \u2014 a male and a female \u2014 following him on his walk with their 14-year-old dog.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe male took his machete out and showed it to my husband, made it clear something was about to happen, and so my husband prepared to defend himself and his dog and then the male yelled for the female to come back, and she came back and the two of them attacked him,\u201d the woman said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe had \u2014 I believe it was 20 stabs to his back, five to the front, multiple hits to the face and head with the machete, of course bruising. He\u2019s got a hematoma on his back that\u2019s quite large.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a robbery,\u201d she said. \u201cThey never asked him for one thing. They never demanded one thing. There was just no reason. It was completely random. It\u2019s not people he\u2019s seen before. It\u2019s absolutely senseless and I don\u2019t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She said her 55-year-old husband is healing and has already started walking outside again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m having a hard time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how he has stayed himself,\u201d the woman admitted. \u201cHe is a very cheery person. He\u2019s a very positive person. He keeps saying he is glad it was him and not one of our elderly neighbours that walk their dogs or a child or somebody else who maybe wouldn\u2019t have made it.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe\u2019s very grateful to the neighbour who happened to see some of it through their window and call 911, and also was diligent enough to holler out \u2026 \u2018What\u2019s going on out there?\u2019 which I believe is why the attackers didn\u2019t finish killing him, to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their dog, while physically uninjured, has been affected by the attack too, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve always had a happy dog. She was very depressed when I got her from police until he came home from hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The woman said she wants to make sure other citizens are educated and aware about crime and protecting themselves and others.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve gone through all the stages of grief and maybe I spend a little more time in anger than some people would, but I\u2019m personally angry,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019ve got to watch out for each other\u2026 Under the current way things are going, it\u2019s not going to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n

She would like to see more police presence and perhaps a police station in the area. The Ottewel station closed in 2016.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m nervous when he walks the dog now\u2026 I worry. I stay up at night. I don\u2019t sleep too much. It\u2019s stressful.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a good community, and it is a good community,\u201d she said through tears. \u201cPeople have come together to be very supportive\u2026 I don\u2019t want to be scared in my community.\u201d<\/p>\n

A gofundme page has been created to support the couple and the man\u2019s recovery.<\/p>\n

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With files from Sarah Ryan, Global News<\/p>\n

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