A Saskatoon man who says he was the victim of a random beating is frustrated with the response from police.

Jalal Soltani lives in a basement suite on the 2300 block of Dufferin Avenue. He says there was a knock at his door early Friday morning, sometime around 2 a.m.

“I went and opened the door and there was three guys. I didn’t say nothing. When I opened the door they just jumped me. They were kicking, punching,” Soltani said.

He did not recognize any of the men.

“I don’t have any enemies, I didn’t fight with anyone. I don’t have a bad situation,” Soltani, who has lived in Saskatoon since 2007 and works for a flooring company, said.

The first punch knocked him backward and split his forehead open, he said. A wall and door inside the entryway still had blood spattered on them Saturday afternoon. He was then dragged outside, where the assault continued. The ground outside also still had blood stains Saturday.

Soltani said he was knocked out during the assault. When he came to the men were gone. He checked his suite and found nothing had been stolen.

He called 911. The operator asked if he needed an ambulance and Soltani said no.

“I didn’t call an ambulance because I don’t have an opportunity to pay then. I’m broke,” Soltani said Saturday.

Instead, he requested some officers come to take a statement so he could file assault charges.

Soltani was under the impression officers would be coming right away. He said he waited outside for almost an hour then called 911 again. Once again he declined an ambulance and requested some officers. He said the dispatcher told him they would send an officer when they could. He waited outside a while longer then gave up.

“I went back into my basement suite, locked the door, and went to sleep,” he said.

Saskatoon Police Service spokeswoman Alyson Edwards confirmed a 911 call regarding an assault on the 2300 block of Dufferin Avenue had been taken at 2:38 a.m. Friday morning.

Officers were eventually dispatched to the home at 6:52 a.m. They got no answer at the home or the person’s phone number, Edwards said.

The length of time between the call and the response was influenced by the caller saying he did not need medical attention and that the assailants were gone, according to Edwards.

“Because it was over with, and he’s not requesting any medical attention or anything like that, it would go down the list of priorities,” she said.

The file is still open, and officers would try to contact the complainant later, Edwards said.

Soltani had not heard from police as of Saturday afternoon.

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