Man arrested in hatchet attack

Winnipeg police have arrested a suspect after a 23-year-old man reported being jumped by two men and hit in the head with a hatchet in the North End on March 27.

Police said a 21-year-old man is facing charges of robbery and overcoming resistance by attempting to choke, suffocate or strangle another person.

The victim told the Free Press last month that he was walking home with a takeout pizza when he was attacked on Selkirk Avenue near Andrews Street.

He said he was put in a chokehold, punched, kicked and then hit with the hatchet, leaving him with a large wound across his forehead and three fractures to his skull.

The major crimes unit continues to investigate.