Video: BC Police Ask Public to Help Identify Attackers at Coastal GasLink Site

Damaged heavy machinery is shown in this Feb. 17, 2022, RCMP handout photo near Houston, B.C. RCMP say they are investigating a violent confrontation between workers building the Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern B.C. and a group of about 20 people armed with axes. The Canadian Press/HO, RCMP

British Columbia RCMP is asking the public for assistance in identifying the individuals involved in a violent attack at a Coastal GasLink (CGL) worksite that happened shortly after midnight on Feb. 17. 

Police have released three videos of the attack that show several people, some wielding axes, storming the CGL drill pad site and descending on security vehicles near the town of Houston in northern B.C.

“The unknown individuals, who were similarly dressed, swung axes at the vehicle; spray painted the window and ignited what is suspected to be a flare gun,” the RCMP said in a statement on Feb. 22.