Woman attacked on SkyTrain over masks

Metro Vancouver Transit Police say a woman was attacked on SkyTrain on Monday after she confronted a couple for not wearing masks.

Police say the incident happened at around 7:20 p.m. on a train travelling east toward Burnaby.

The woman told police she asked two maskless passengers who were sitting close to her if they had masks that they could put on. “To which they replied with, `What's it to you?,' ” Transit Police said in a statement.

Police say the female suspect then got out of her seat and struck the woman, knocking her to the ground. Both suspects then allegedly hit the woman while she was on the floor before they exited the train at Metrotown Station.

Police say the victim wasn't seriously injured.

“The circumstances surrounding this incident are troubling. Violence in any form will never be tolerated,” Transit Police spokesman Const. Mike Yake said in a statement.