'They definitely tarnish the image of our city': Senior visiting family in Edmonton attacked on LRT train
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A woman visiting family in Edmonton was attacked on the LRT over the weekend.
A woman visiting family in Edmonton was attacked on the LRT over the weekend.
Iris Pino Ortega, 65, was visiting from Chile when she was knocked out while on a train at Corona LRT Station.
Ortega returned to Chile on Tuesday morning, but her sister Elsa Henriquez and nephew Carlos Henriquez spoke to CTV News Edmonton on Tuesday.
The two sisters decided to take the LRT downtown on Saturday to explore.
Elsa says they saw the man who assaulted Ortega get on the train shortly before 1 p.m.
"Just went up to my aunt, elbowed her in the back of the head, she turned to him like, 'What happened?' And then just clocked her against the face and she just collapsed," Carlos said.
“I see the guy hit her with the elbow and I say, 'Oh my God," Elsa said.
