Durham regional police have arrested a 15-year-old boy after another youth was attacked with an axe over the weekend.
On Saturday, around 7:55 p.m., police say members of West Division responded to the area of Liverpool Road and Kingston Road in Pickering for a disturbance call involving multiple teenagers.
Police say the large group of teens had left before they arrived, but officers found a youth who had been struck by an axe.
The suspected had also fled before police arrived.
The victim was transported to a Toronto-area trauma centre with serious injuries.
On Monday, police executed a search warrant at the house of the suspect.
The suspect, a 15-year-old boy, was arrested without incident, and clothing was seized, police say.
The teen from Pickering is charged with aggravated assault, assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon and possessing a weapon for committing an offence.
He was held for a bail hearing.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Det. Const. Baumgartner of the West Division Criminal Investigations Branch at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 2526.