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Vancouver Police have recommended assault charges for a pair of men after an alleged racially motivated attack Saturday evening in Yaletown.

Three people were sitting outside Urban Fare on Davie Street in Yaletown, eating dinner around 7:45 p.m. when they were approached by two intoxicated men, said Vancouver police spokesman Const. Brian Montague.

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“Without provocation, both men began aiming racial slurs at the three victims. One victim was slapped and another punched in the head. When the third attempted to help, he was pushed into a brick wall,” Montague said.

Members of the public intervened and helped to stop the assault, Montague said.

Police arrested the two men and are requesting assault charges for both.

A man identifying himself as a victim of the attack told Global News: “I was just eating dinner with my wife and her cousin when all of a sudden he came and he just said the N-word and hit me.”

The alleged victim, who was not named in Global’s report, said he was visiting from Seattle.

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