Attack leaves students with minor injuries
Two Queen’s students have reported being attacked by two males at Brock St. and University Ave. at 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 18.
Toby Moorsom PhD ’09 and John Pringle MA ’06 came across the two males, assumed to be intoxicated, who were sitting on construction vehicles at the intersection.
“When we were a couple of feet away they jumped down and immediately pushed and punched us with no warning or indication that they were aggressive,” Moorsom said, adding that Pringle jumped into the road to avoid the aggressors but he didn’t.
“I was punched so quickly I couldn’t do anything but try to block my face and head from being harmed,” he said. “To us, they seemed like Queen’s students based on their attire.” Moorsom said the assailants didn’t take any of their belongings and he thinks the attack was unprovoked.
It took the police 30 minutes to respond, he said. When officers arrived they said there had been many incidents that night.
Moorsom said he has minor bruising from the incident and both he and Pringle are sore.
—Rachel Kuper
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