Machete Attack

• Teen charged in machete attack on 68-year-old man: Winnipeg police

  A 15-year-old boy was taken into police custody Friday following an alleged machete attack on a 68-year-old man in Winnipeg. The senior was hospitalized but is in stable condition.

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  Jun 29, 2025
  
• ‘I’m not the same anymore,’ B.C. machete attack victim says she was let down by system

  The survivor of a horrific machete attack in Vancouver three years ago says she feels let down by the system three years into her difficult recovery.

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  May 21, 2025
  
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• B.C. court hands man 6-year sentence in brutal Vancouver machete attack

  After credit for time served, Kenneth Solowan will serve just under two more years behind bars, followed by two years of probation.

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  May 14, 2025
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• Should machetes be banned? Questions raised after attack at Edmonton McDonald’s

  'You shouldn't be able to walk into a store and just go purchase a machete for no reason.'

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  Mar 26, 2025
• Charges laid after machete attack in central Edmonton parking lot: police

  Police said three suspects left the scene in a car before police arrived but were later found by officers and arrested.

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  Mar 25, 2025
• Rent argument turns violent in machete attack: Winnipeg police

  An argument over rent payments turned violent when a machete entered into the mix, Winnipeg police say.

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  Jan 22, 2025
• B.C. calls on Ottawa to restrict sale of machetes in bid to curb street crime

  Niki Sharma has penned a letter to Ottawa, asking her federal counterpart to consider classifying machetes as restricted weapons.

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  Sep 17, 2024
• Manitoba RCMP look for leads in RM of Springfield machete incident

  Manitoba RCMP are hoping the public can help them identify the owner of a vehicle that was spotted in the RM of Springfield around the time of a machete attack last month.

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  Aug 16, 2024
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• Machete-wielding man injures 4 people and a baby in Switzerland

  Several tenants were wounded by the machete-wielding attacker as they tried to intervene and restrain the man until police arrived at the apartment building.

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  Jul 12, 2024
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• Man pleads guilty to aggravated assault in Downtown Eastside machete attack

  Kenneth Solowan was arrested last August in connection with the grisly machete attack in front of the Empress Hotel on June 19, 2022.

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  Dec 8, 2023