Erratic man arrested at U of M; medical assessment requested

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People were threatened by an erratic, aggressive armed man at the University of Manitoba’s track and field stadium at about 11;30 a.m. on Saturday morning.

The incident led to criminal charges for 45-year-old Arbin Duku Muhaxheri. The suspect was acting aggressively in the stands of the stadium on Chancellor Matheson Road, and then threatened a coach and three security officers on the field with a “pointed, hand-fashioned weapon and a rock,” the Winnipeg Police Service stated in a news release Sunday. No one was hurt.

Police determined the man has no connection to the U of M. Police eventually took him into custody after about an hour of trying to communicate with him while he was hiding in a nearby retention pond, refusing to come out. Police requested a medical assessment.

Muhaxheri was charged with four counts of assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon and four counts of failure to comply with a probation order.