Police say they’ve arrested a 40-year-old man after three people were stabbed at a mosque in Hamilton.
Officers responded to the Hamilton Downtown Mosque around 2:15 p.m. Friday after reports of an altercation.
Get breaking National news
Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.
By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.
Hamilton police say the incident began outside the mosque before continuing inside and left three people with non-life-threatening injuries.
Both the mosque and police say the incident was not motivated by hatred.
- Victoria police officer facing sexual assault charges for off-duty incident
- ‘Call his bluff’: Chilliwack cashier challenges attempted armed robber
- Attack after Friday prayers at St. Albert mosque leads to aggravated assault charge
- Lethbridge police charge man with sexual assault, say there may be more victims
Police say the suspects and victims know each other and the second suspect remains on the run.
Hamilton police charged the 40-year-old man with two counts of assault causing bodily harm and one count of aggravated assault.
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.