Quebec man facing charges after two men were assaulted with a hatchet

A 63-year-old man is facing criminal charges after two people were assaulted with a hatchet in Trois-Rivières, Que., on Tuesday. 

Trois-Rivières police spokesperson Isabelle Blanchette says officers responded to a call about an altercation at an apartment at 2:15 a.m. 

Police say they found three men at the scene.

They say a man in his 50s had facial wounds and another man in his 40s had a wounded foot.

The two were taken to hospital but police say their lives are not in danger.

The suspect was arrested at the scene and charged on Tuesday with assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, threatening to cause death or bodily harm and aggravated assault.

Blanchette says the suspect and the man in his 50s were fighting inside the apartment. 

The second victim  intervened in the fight and was wounded in the process, she said. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 11, 2026.

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