# Woman, 48, and boy aged 12 stomped on Canadian Armed Forces member who was selling Remembrance poppies and left him with badly damaged spine

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/woman-48-and-boy-aged-12-stomped-on-canadian-armed-forces-member-who-was-selling-remembrance-poppies-and-left-him-with-badly-damaged-spine/
- Published: 2026-11-06T15:49:42+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T16:04:24+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16271517/canadian-armed-forces-man-attacked-woman-boy-poppies.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Ken Kunkel suffered serious spinal injuries in an alleged assault.
- A woman and a 12-year-old have been charged.
- Kunkel has regained some mobility but remains bedridden.

## Summary

A Canadian Armed Forces member suffered severe spinal injuries in an alleged assault while supervising air cadets selling Remembrance Day poppies in Hamilton, Ontario. Police say the incident began after two boys sounded an airhorn near the cadets and the member followed them into a restaurant; an adult woman then allegedly attacked him.

Ken Kunkel, 59, underwent urgent spinal surgery and has regained some mobility, but remains bedridden and needs extensive help to sit up, according to his son. Police charged 48-year-old Estela Quintanilla with aggravated assault and a 12-year-old boy with aggravated assault and level-one assault; an 11-year-old was deemed too young to be charged and less involved. The cadets witnessed the incident, which police said could have a lasting impact on them.

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