{"id":309681,"date":"2025-10-17T03:10:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T03:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/309681\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T03:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T03:10:16","slug":"pitt-meadows-family-flees-canada-after-brutal-attack-caught-on-camera-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/309681\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitt Meadows family flees Canada after brutal attack caught on camera &#8211; BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/pitt-meadows\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitt Meadows<\/a>, B.C., family has fled Canada, worried about their safety after a brutal attack that was captured on camera.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The incident happened on Sept. 26 and surveillance footage shows a businessman, named John Ling, beaten just steps from his front door by two masked men armed with baseball bats.<\/p>\n<p>His wife tries to intervene but the attack continues until the men take off, leaving the family shaken. Ling\u2019s daughter and dog can also be seen running away during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Ling is left there with his wife, sort of taking care of him,\u201d Ling\u2019s lawyer Russell Robertson said.<\/p>\n<p>The surveillance footage also appears to capture a third suspect placing an item underneath the family\u2019s vehicle, which Roberson says police called a \u201ctracking device.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are what would appear to be hired assailants,\u201d Robertson added. \u201cAnd the question is, really, who hired them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Pitt Meadows housing complex on edge after series of break-ins'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WEBPIC_THIBAULT_0719.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:44<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPitt Meadows housing complex on edge after series of break-ins\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Ling was taken to the hospital with serious, not non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>He is the owner of Canadian Aviation College in Pitt Meadows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfficers continue to investigate and determine the exact cause of the incident,\u201d Ridge Meadows RCMP said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11480557\/refugee-applicant-ice-crossed-canada-us-border-by-mistake\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Asylum-seeker-Canada.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tRefugee applicant held by ICE says he crossed Canada-U.S. border by mistake\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11480593\/diane-keaton-cause-of-death\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760670616_311_f11629cd3136ec08c2b3f0e82b124676819bc67c12b042935c0f511eaddaed66_aa39ab.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tDiane Keaton\u2019s cause of death revealed by family\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThis includes reviewing video surveillance and speaking with any possible witnesses. While the investigation is still ongoing, early indications suggest this may have been a targeted incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ling\u2019s lawyer said his client is upset and has a suspicion about what may have motivated the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Ling has left the country out of what appears to be quite a legitimate fear that the attackers are going to come and finish the job,\u201d Robertson said.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t want this to happen to him again and expose his wife and daughter to this danger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robertson added that by sharing the video, they hope someone with information comes forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is certainly afraid and afraid for his family, but he\u2019s not afraid to speak up and put this video out there in the hopes that there will be some justice, and the people who orchestrated this and ordered it will be found out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>No suspects have been identified and the police investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with more information is asked to contact Ridge Meadows RCMP at 604-463-6251.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Crime<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Pitt Meadows, B.C., family has fled Canada, worried about their safety after a brutal attack that was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":309682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,4219,50,156475,156476],"class_list":{"0":"post-309681","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-pitt-meadows","12":"tag-pitt-meadows-crime"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115387316768536873","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}