Arrest made in stabbing near Toronto high school that reportedly involved machete
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Toronto police have charged a 17-year-old suspect with aggravated assault following a stabbing near a North York high school earlier this week.
Toronto police have charged a 17-year-old suspect with aggravated assault following a stabbing near a North York high school earlier this week.
Police said officers were called to the area of Finch Avenue West and Bathurst Street at approximately 3:40 p.m. on Monday for reports of a person with a knife. At the time, police indicated that the suspect was wearing a "horror movie" mask and may have been carrying a machete.
In a news release issued Wednesday, police said the victim was standing in a parking lot in the area with friends prior to the stabbing when the suspect started running towards him.
The victim tried to run away but fell to the ground at which point the suspect caught up with him and attacked, police said.
The victim was stabbed "several times" and sustained serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The suspect then fled the scene in an unknown direction.
It's unclear if either the suspect or the victim are students at nearby Northview Heights Secondary School, which was placed under lockdown during the police investigation.
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