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(...)

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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(...)

Date1/5/1976

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Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: The victim of a brutal attack Saturday night in the Islington subway station; Shamshudin Kanji; 48; is in Queensway General Hospital with both legs broken. Doctors say he could be there for four months. In the subway station last night; many passengers said they didn't know whether they would have tried to help him.

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