A Winnipeg man is in custody after what seems to be a random hatchet assault on Ellice Avenue Monday afternoon.
Police mentioned the sufferer, a 26-year-old man, was strolling down Ellice simply earlier than 12:30 p.m. when he handed a person strolling in the wrong way. Shortly after that, he heard footsteps behind him and circled to see the identical man, armed with a hatchet.
The sufferer was hit within the head with the weapon earlier than he was in a position to escape to security at a close-by enterprise. He was taken to hospital with critical accidents however is reportedly in secure situation.
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Major crimes investigators recognized a 20-year-old suspect and tracked him down outdoors a Beverley Street condo Tuesday afternoon.
He’s been charged with aggravated assault, weapon possession and failing to adjust to a probation order.
Const. Pat Saydak advised 680 CJOB’s Connecting Winnipeg that the assault appears to be random, and that medicine aren’t believed to be an element.
“It is regarding. We see loads of assaults, whether or not it’s drug-induced or in any other case,” Saydak mentioned.
“We take these very significantly and we examine them, and on this case, we had been in a position to arrest the suspect.”
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