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Subway beating victim Shamshudin Kanji is in Queensway Hospital with broken legs after he was beaten by three drunk youths in Islington subway station(...)
Subway beating victim Shamshudin Kanji is in Queensway Hospital with broken legs after he was beaten by three drunk youths in Islington subway station(...)

Subway beating victim Shamshudin Kanji is in Queensway Hospital with broken legs after he was beaten by three drunk youths in Islington subway station(...)

Date1/5/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: Subway beating victim Shamshudin Kanji is in Queensway Hospital with broken legs after he was beaten by three drunk youths in Islington subway station Saturday while 70 people watched. Kanji asked to have his face shielded by a nurse because be feared further beatings. The Clarion Rd. resident immigrated from Tanzania recently. Police say attack definitely appeared to have racial overtones.
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The victim of a brutal attack Saturday night in the Islington subway station, Shamshudin Kanji, 48, is in Queensway General Hospital with both legs br(...)
The victim of a brutal attack Saturday night in the Islington subway station, Shamshudin Kanji, 48, is in Queensway General Hospital with both legs br(...)
1/5/1976
I hope to recover soon - I'm trying my level best, says 49-year-old Shamshudin Kanji, a Tanzanian immigrant whose legs were broken when he was thrown (...)
I hope to recover soon - I'm trying my level best, says 49-year-old Shamshudin Kanji, a Tanzanian immigrant whose legs were broken when he was thrown (...)
11/29/1978
A bitter man: Tim Gabriel with his four-month-old daughter Alysia, had to have a leg amputated after being beaten by three youths
A bitter man: Tim Gabriel with his four-month-old daughter Alysia, had to have a leg amputated after being beaten by three youths
11/9/1979
Victim Shamshudin Kanji, Maximum award of $15,000
Victim Shamshudin Kanji, Maximum award of $15,000
11/29/1976
Still manages a smile: James Carson, 61, shows broken nose, suffered when he went to help two Pakistani men who were being assaulted ona Yonge subway train New Year's Eve
Still manages a smile: James Carson, 61, shows broken nose, suffered when he went to help two Pakistani men who were being assaulted ona Yonge subway train New Year's Eve
1/2/1977
Wounded youths are recovering, Shot last Thursday in a North York shopping plaza, Joseph Boni, 18, lies in bed and talks with his hospital roommate, Dan Gregor, 18, shot by the same gunman
Wounded youths are recovering, Shot last Thursday in a North York shopping plaza, Joseph Boni, 18, lies in bed and talks with his hospital roommate, Dan Gregor, 18, shot by the same gunman
8/4/1971
Brian McMillan, 17, foster brother of Dan Gregor, one of three youths shot down in North York shopping plaza, studies police chalk marks showing howon(...)
Brian McMillan, 17, foster brother of Dan Gregor, one of three youths shot down in North York shopping plaza, studies police chalk marks showing howon(...)
7/29/1971
Crosses on photograph at Newtonbrook Plaza, North York, show where three youths were shot (left) by a gunman (centre) who had ordered them to line up.(...)
Crosses on photograph at Newtonbrook Plaza, North York, show where three youths were shot (left) by a gunman (centre) who had ordered them to line up.(...)
7/29/1971
Mugging victim, Ron Tanner, had his nose broken for a lousy couple of bucks, adding that it didn't make any sense
Mugging victim, Ron Tanner, had his nose broken for a lousy couple of bucks, adding that it didn't make any sense
10/18/1976
Mom's support: Rita Schindler, 43, hugs son Brian Johns, 23, who was brutally beaten in December by a gang of teens he didn't know
Mom's support: Rita Schindler, 43, hugs son Brian Johns, 23, who was brutally beaten in December by a gang of teens he didn't know
1/2/1991
Leslie Robertson: Beaten over the head with cane in his hostel room
Leslie Robertson: Beaten over the head with cane in his hostel room
7/27/1980
Change of fortune: David Bittorf sits in his hospital bed yesterday after being stabbed and robbed of $1,300
Change of fortune: David Bittorf sits in his hospital bed yesterday after being stabbed and robbed of $1,300
10/15/1983