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Suspect in violent attack against a woman on a bus died of an apparent drug overdose

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Metro Vancouver Transit Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man, shown in a handout photo, suspected in a racially motivated attack against a woman. Police say a man who boarded a bus on the Downtown Eastside on April 15 made discriminatory remarks directed at two Asian women who got on wearing masks. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Metro Vancouver Transit Police MANDATORY CREDIT

Metro Vancouver Transit Police say a suspect in an alleged violent attack against a woman on a bus died of an apparent drug overdose a week after the incident in April.

Police appealed to the public for help identifying the man on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, they said he has been identified as a 48 year old Vancouver resident with no fixed address.

Transit police say the suspect boarded a bus in the Downtown Eastside on April 15 and made remarks towards two Asian women who got on wearing masks.

Police said in a statement on Tuesday that he stated ``words to the effect of 'Go back to your country; that's where it all started.''

They say the man allegedly kicked and punched another female passenger who told him to leave the women alone.

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