{"id":609804,"date":"2023-02-19T15:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T21:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/19\/winnipeg-police-investigating-machete-and-bear-spray-attacks\/"},"modified":"2023-02-19T15:18:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T21:18:00","slug":"winnipeg-police-investigating-machete-and-bear-spray-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/19\/winnipeg-police-investigating-machete-and-bear-spray-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg police investigating machete and bear spray attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

A can of bear spray and two knives were taken from a suspect who allegedly brandished a knife on a bus in Winnipeg on Jan. 5. The Winnipeg Police Service is searching for two suspects in a string of attacks involving bear spray and a machete that they believe may be connected. Photo courtesy of the WInnipeg Police Service\/Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

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Feb. 19 (UPI) —<\/span> The Winnipeg Police Service is searching for two suspects in a string of attacks involving bear spray and a machete that they believe may be connected.<\/p>\n

At least four incidents were reported downtown and in the West End neighborhood on Sunday morning, CBC News<\/a> reported. At least one of those incidents involved an attack with a machete.\n<\/p>\n

“Officers are actively searching for two suspects believed to be involved,” Const. Claude Chancy said in an email to CTV News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the Winnipeg police announced<\/a> charges against an 18-year-old suspected of attacking a 52-year-old man with a machete on Feb. 9. Cintiro Jeremy Loon of Kenora, Ontario, is charged with aggravated assault, three counts of possession of a weapon and two counts of failure to comply with probation orders.<\/p>\n

The victim suffered “life-altering” injuries, police said. Investigators reportedly believe this attack to be random and unprovoked.<\/p>\n

On Feb. 12, a 15-year-old and 16-year-old were detained after reportedly using bear spray on 11 people, including people riding a transit bus and at least three in a shopping center, police said in a news release<\/a>. Both teenagers were males from Winnipeg.\n<\/p>\n

The teens were charged with assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon and failure to comply. The 16-year-old was also charged with assaulting a peace officer after allegedly spitting in an officer’s face. Police have not identified a motive.<\/p>\n

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\n Blythe Geddes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A can of bear spray and two knives were taken from a suspect who allegedly brandished a knife on a bus in Winnipeg on Jan. 5. The Winnipeg Police Service is searching for two suspects in a string of attacks involving bear spray and a machete that they believe may be connected. Photo courtesy of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":609805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[534,294,25199],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-609804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-financial","8":"category-police","9":"category-winnipeg"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}