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One Man in Custody Following an Assault

On January 21, 2025, at approximately 8:28 a.m., the Winnipeg Police Service responded to an assault with a weapon call in the first 100 block of Syracuse Crescent.

West District General Patrol officers arrived at the scene and discovered that a 23-year-old male victim had been preparing to leave his residence when he was confronted by a 49-year-old male suspect, who was also an occupant of the residence. The confrontation was over rent payments and escalated to the point where the suspect armed himself with a machete and assaulted the victim in the upper body. Fortunately, the victim managed to flee the residence with minor injuries.

The suspect, identified as Vijay Singh, 49, of Winnipeg, was taken into custody without incident. Singh has been charged with Assault with a Weapon for his alleged involvement and was released on an Undertaking as mandated by the Criminal Code.

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