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Charges laid in North Delta double stabbing

Police Chief calls officer a "hero"
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Delta police officer A/Sgt. John Jasmins, continues to improve in hospital from injuries he sustained in Wednesday's altercation.

A 49-year-old Delta man is facing four charges following the alleged stabbing of a Delta police officer and a woman outside North Delta’s Immaculate Conception elementary school Wednesday afternoon.

Manoj George is facing two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of assault with a weapon. He has no criminal record and was not known to police.

Police have confirmed that he was in a relationship with the woman, but have not said what may have sparked the confrontation.

DPD said in a Thursday afternoon press conference that the woman injured, is a 41-year-old Delta resident, who remains in serious condition, but is improving in hospital.

The DPD officer who was also stabbed, A/Sgt. John Jasmins, also continues to improve in hospital.

“He is very alert and very upbeat and anxious to get out of hospital,” said police Chief Neil Dubord. “He will likely be in hospital for a few more days as he continues to heal.”

 

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Delta police Chief Neil Dubord speaks during a Thursday press conference. - photo by Delta police

Jasmins was off-duty at the time of the altercation, just after 3 p.m. Wednesday, when he was at the school to pick up his children.

Dubord said he witnessed the altercation and as he intervened, both he and the female victim received serious stab wounds.

Police began to receive 9-1-1 calls at 3:03 p.m., and a minute later the first on-duty police officer arrived on scene. The suspect was identified and taken into custody by 3:06 p.m.

“We’d like to commend the actions of a number of members of the public who assisted during this event,” said Dubord. “I’ve said this many times – Delta is such a supportive community and you showed it again yesterday. I want to acknowledge our officer’s quick thinking and bravery. Investigators believe that if John hadn’t acted so quickly, the woman involved in this incident could have lost her life. He is a hero.”

Dubord said although an incident such as this is a rare occurrence in Delta, the department was ready to respond. Officers also began providing immediate first aid to the women and injured off-duty police officer.

“Our officers performed at an extremely high level yesterday,” he said. “I am so proud of the actions of all our officers responding to this incident. We train for these type of incidents and yesterday it paid off.”

Jasmins, who issued a statement, which Dubord read at the press conference, said he wanted to thank the staff and parents who called 9-1-1, provided the initial first aid to the woman who was injured, and made sure the kids were looked after.

“I want to express my gratitude to Surrey RCMP (my wife is a member) and my amazing wife and my children who were so brave, and had the awareness and composure to run to the nearest adult and direct them to call 9-1-1,” said Jasmins. “My family and I are doing much better today. We want to also thank our broader law enforcement family and the public for all their support and well-wishes.”

The DPD Investigative Bureau worked throughout Wednesday night on this investigation, processing the scene and doing witness interviews.

Supt. Kelly Young said police are looking into all aspects of video surveillance and are asking for witnesses to come forward to speak with police, and share any video or photos they may have.

Information can be provided to police by calling 604-946-4411.

The DPD Victim Services unit has been at Immaculate Conception assisting staff, and will be present in the days to come to provide comfort and support when children return to school.

The school plans to re-open on Friday.