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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 (...)

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 (...)

Date11/29/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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 on subway tracks at Islington station on his way home from a prayer meeting last Jan. 3. Two young men are to be sentenced in County Court tomorrow for attack.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120897F
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(...)
1/5/1976
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
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
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
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
Hooper: I'm lucky, Gilbert: Used first aid
Hooper: I'm lucky, Gilbert: Used first aid
2/27/1979
Hazel Taggett: He just kept hitting my face,' she said of stranger who attacked her
Hazel Taggett: He just kept hitting my face,' she said of stranger who attacked her
6/4/1982
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
Christmas Eve tragedy: A policeman's cap and blood on cruiser mark spot where two officers were wounded in a gun battle
Christmas Eve tragedy: A policeman's cap and blood on cruiser mark spot where two officers were wounded in a gun battle
12/23/1980
Painful recovery: Michael McGauley of Etobicoke, whose legs were crushed below the knee when a drunk driver ran into him in 1989, faces more operations
Painful recovery: Michael McGauley of Etobicoke, whose legs were crushed below the knee when a drunk driver ran into him in 1989, faces more operations
12/6/1991
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