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Coquitlam RCMP have released surveillance footage of a pair of teens wanted in connection with a violent robbery of two international students on Jan. 25.

The attack happened outside Henderson Place Shopping Centre at 4:30 p.m. Police say two male teenagers used pepper spray to rob a teenage victim of his two-wheeled hoverboard scooter. A second teen chased after the thieves for about half-a-kilometre before being stabbed during a confrontation with the pair at the corner of Westwood Street and Glen Drive.

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Police say the boy who was stabbed had surgery for serious-but-not-life-threatening injuries.

Coquitlam RCMP spokesman Cpl. Michael McLaughlin said police believe the youth victims may have been targeted because they were international students. Henderson Place Shopping Centre caters to Asian shoppers, he said.

“There were many people near the area of the robbery and stabbing, but we’ve only spoken to a few witnesses,” said McLaughlin. “If there are other witnesses, we would like to speak to them. We want to assure anyone who does not speak English as a first language that we can provide a translator.”