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A Good Samaritan who interrupted a violent attack at a University of British Columbia dormitory is crediting his martial arts training for his quick actions that led to the suspect's arrest.
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/i-put-him-in-a-chokehold-students-stopped-attack-in-ubc-dorm-1.3101798
Adam Casey, an engineering student at the school, said he ran up the stairs after witnesses ran out of the Salish House residence on Tuesday looking for help.
Witnesses said they saw a male student holding down a young woman with a knife to her throat. Her neck was partially cut when they ran through the open door.
"I tried to get his hands off of her neck but he was holding quite tightly," Casey told CTV News.
"I had to go to him and put him in a chokehold."
Casey said he acted without thinking, something he credits to years of martial arts training.
Luka Berg, who arrived at the scene of the attack a short time after Casey, said the incident was "pretty traumatizing."
Police were called to the scene, and arrived a short time later to find a suspect detained by Casey and other students.
On Wednesday, officers announced that charges had been laid against an 18-year-old in connection with the frightening attack.
Court records show counts of attempted murder, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon have all been approved against Thamer Hameed Almestadi, one day after the assault that left some on campus feeling uneasy.
The victim, a first-year student, was rushed to hospital where she is expected to recover from non-life-threatening injuries.
Investigators with the RCMP's university detachment haven't verified the details of witness accounts provided to CTV News, but did confirm that the attack occurred at Salish House around 11:30 a.m.
UBC student Thamer Hameed Almestadi, 18, is seen in this undated Facebook photo.
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A Good Samaritan who interrupted a violent attack at a University of British Columbia dormitory is crediting his martial arts training for his quick actions that led to the suspect's arrest.
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/i-put-him-in-a-chokehold-students-stopped-attack-in-ubc-dorm-1.3101798
Adam Casey, an engineering student at the school, said he ran up the stairs after witnesses ran out of the Salish House residence on Tuesday looking for help.
Witnesses said they saw a male student holding down a young woman with a knife to her throat. Her neck was partially cut when they ran through the open door.
"I tried to get his hands off of her neck but he was holding quite tightly," Casey told CTV News.
"I had to go to him and put him in a chokehold."
Casey said he acted without thinking, something he credits to years of martial arts training.
Luka Berg, who arrived at the scene of the attack a short time after Casey, said the incident was "pretty traumatizing."
Police were called to the scene, and arrived a short time later to find a suspect detained by Casey and other students.
On Wednesday, officers announced that charges had been laid against an 18-year-old in connection with the frightening attack.
Court records show counts of attempted murder, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon have all been approved against Thamer Hameed Almestadi, one day after the assault that left some on campus feeling uneasy.
The victim, a first-year student, was rushed to hospital where she is expected to recover from non-life-threatening injuries.
Investigators with the RCMP's university detachment haven't verified the details of witness accounts provided to CTV News, but did confirm that the attack occurred at Salish House around 11:30 a.m.
UBC student Thamer Hameed Almestadi, 18, is seen in this undated Facebook photo.
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1....e.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_225/image.jpg