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Winnipeg police searching for suspect after hammer assault on 15-year-old boy

Police were called to the report of a teen attacked with a hammer on Selkirk Avenue Saturday morning.
Police were called to the report of a teen attacked with a hammer on Selkirk Avenue Saturday morning. Marek Tkach/Global News

A 15-year-old boy was hospitalized in critical condition after a serious assault in Winnipeg’s William Whyte neighbourhood on Saturday.

Police say they were called to the 500 block of Selkirk Avenue at 11:30 a.m. and found the young man on the sidewalk, suffering from serious head trauma.

He was taken to hospital, where he remains — with what police expect to be “life-altering injuries.”

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Police believe the attack was unprovoked, and a singular male suspect is responsible.

Global News has learned the attacker used a hammer in the assault.

There are no suspects in custody at this time.

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Anyone with information on this assault is asked to contact the Major Crimes Unit at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS (8477).

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