A 63-year-old man is facing criminal charges after two people were attacked with an axe on Tuesday in Trois-Rivières, in the Mauricie region. Isabelle Blanchette, a spokesperson for the Trois-Rivières police, said officers responded to a call reporting an altercation in an apartment at 2:15 a.m. Police noted that they found three men at the scene. They specified that a man in his 50s had facial injuries and that another, in his 40s, had a foot injury. Both men were taken to the hospital, but the police stated that their lives are not in danger. The suspect was arrested at the scene and charged Tuesday with assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, uttering threats of death or bodily harm, and aggravated assault. Blanchette explained that the suspect and the man in his 50s were fighting inside the apartment. The second victim intervened in the fight and was injured during the altercation, she added. This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on Nov. 11, 2026.
