An Ottawa woman is warning others to be vigilant after she was allegedly kicked by a complete stranger – who then recorded her shock on his phone – in an unprovoked attack Tuesday on Rideau Street.
Police confirmed they’ve charged Mustafa Khoshnaw of Ottawa, 26, with five counts of assault after they investigated a string of complaints from people walking on Rideau.
When she turned, initially unbelieving, and saw a footprint on the back of her leg, he walked away “as if nothing happened, all while recording my reaction over his shoulder with his phone,” McLeod said.
In a release Thursday, police said patrol officers responded to an assault call on Rideau Street near the Rideau Centre on Tuesday, where they found that a man had allegedly “randomly assaulted five persons while they were walking on the sidewalk.”
Khoshnaw appeared in court to be formally charged Wednesday, and was remanded in custody until March 19.