RICHMOND — A teenager has been charged after a serious assault inside a University of B.C. dorm.
Thamer Almestadi, 18, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon, university RCMP said Wednesday.
Almestadi appeared in Richmond provincial court Wednesday and remains in custody.
On Tuesday about 11:30 a.m., police were called to a Totem Park dorm in the 2500 block of West Mall after receiving reports that a suspect was being held by another man. The suspect had allegedly assaulted a woman inside the student residence.
The woman was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, while police secured the scene and the suspect was arrested.
No further information has been released about the relationship between suspect and victim, if there was any.
