Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
On November 11, 2023, at 12:25 am, Chemawawin RCMP responded to a report of an assault with a weapon at a residence located in the community.
Officers arrived on scene and located the victim, 56-year-old male, with life-threatening injuries who was immediately transported to the nursing station. He was then rushed to the hospital in The Pas where he was treated and later released.
Investigators have determined that the victim was attempting to remove unwanted guests from his home when he was attacked by a 16-year-old male youth with a machete. The youth fled the scene immediately after the attack but was subsequently located, arrested and remanded into custody on charges of Aggravated Assault and Fail to Comply with a Release Order x4.
On November 11, 2023, at 3:50 am, Pukatawagan RCMP responded to the nursing station on a report of two victims having been brought in with serious injuries. The victims were then life-flighted to Winnipeg where their condition was later upgraded to stable.
The investigation discovered that the male victims (55, 22) were at a residence in the community when two male suspects (26, 25) broke in and immediately assaulted them with a baseball bat and dumbbell.
The suspects then fled the scene and have yet to be located.
RCMP continue to investigate.