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Winnipeg police are reaching out to the general public in hopes of studying extra a couple of machete assault on July 13 that put an 18-year-old sufferer in hospital.
Officers had been referred to as to the 800 block of Selkirk Avenue that afternoon, round 4:30 p.m., the place they discovered the person in important situation exterior a comfort retailer. He was rushed to hospital and later upgraded to secure.
Const. Dani McKinnon informed 680 CJOB police consider the sufferer was with a teenage lady on the time of the assault, and that the suspect requested the pair for cash, then attacked the person and rode off on a BMX-style bike.
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The suspect is believed to have been carrying a black backpack and a baseball cap that will have had a New York Yankees brand.
“The sufferer was unexpectedly attacked with what’s believed to be a machete or a machete-type weapon,” McKinnon stated.
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“The suspect was believed to have ridden off on the bike — final seen using down Selkirk towards Principal Avenue.”
Anybody with info or surveillance video of the world is requested to name main crimes investigators at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-TIPS (8477).
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