Nunavut police detain axe-wielding Baker Lake man

RCMP responded to a disturbance outside a local business in the Kivalliq community May 4, where a man is alleged to have assaulted another man with an axe. (PHOTO BY SARAH ROGERS)

Nunavut police have arrested and charged an axe-wielding man who assaulted another person in Baker Lake last week.

Members of the RCMP responded to reports of a disturbance outside a local business in the Kivalliq community May 4, when a man was reported to be carrying an axe, RCMP said in a May 9 release.

Police would not offer details of the alleged assault, but said that a 56-year-old victim was flown to Winnipeg to be treated for non-life threatening injuries. Police did not say if the victim was male or female.

The 26-year-old suspect was located near the scene May 4 and taken into custody “without incident,” RCMP said.

The suspect faces two counts of assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon and breach of probation.