Airbnb host released on bail after alleged knife attack on Alberta sisters at Vancouver rental

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A Vancouver Airbnb host who was arrested and charged after an alleged knife attack on two young women in a Kitsilano, B.C. apartment building has been freed on bail.

Arvin Pasha, 32, is charged with aggravated assault, accused of attacking two sisters from Alberta who had rented his Airbnb suite last month.

The pair was staying in a listing at 2130 West 3rd Avenue near Arbutus Street, where Pasha had a valid city of Vancouver short-term rental business licence for the apartment linked to the alleged Airbnb stabbing.

“It (was) horrifying. There was blood everywhere,” neighbour and witness Saad Mustafa told Global News on June 13.

Pasha was released from custody on June 24 after a provincial court judge granted a release order with no financial obligation. Pasha must reside with his mother in New Westminster and abide by a 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew every day.