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We present an investigation into the origins of a series of interlaced narrowfilamentary stellar structures, loops and plumes in the vicinity of the VirgoCluster, edge-on spiral galaxy, NGC 4216 that were previously identified by theBlackbird Telescope. Using the deeper, higher-resolution and preciselycalibrated optical CFHT/MegaCam images obtained as part of the Next GenerationVirgo Cluster Survey (NGVS), we confirm the previously identified features andidentify a few additional structures. The NGVS data allowed us to make aphysical study of these low-surface brightness features and investigate theirorigin. The likely progenitors of the structures were identified as eitheralready catalogued VCC dwarfs or newly discovered satellites caught in the actof being destroyed. They have the same g-i color index and likely containsimilar stellar populations. The alignment of three dwarfs along an apparentlysingle stream is intriguing, and we cannot totally exclude that these aresecond-generation dwarf galaxies being born inside the filament from the debrisof an original dwarf. The observed complex structures, including in particulara stream apparently emanating from a satellite of a satellite, point to a highrate of ongoing dwarf destruction/accretion in the region of the Virgo Clusterwhere NGC 4216 is located. We discuss the age of the interactions and whetherthey occurred in a group that is just falling into the cluster and shows signsof so-called "pre-processing" before it gets affected by the clusterenvironment, or in a group which already ventured towards the central regionsof Virgo Cluster.

The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey. IV. NGC 4216: A Bombarded Spiral in the Virgo Cluster