Teen charged in cat killing

A 16-year-old youth is facing animal cruelty charges after a cat was stuffed into a plastic bag and then killed, Winnipeg police say.

Officers were called to the Chinatown neighbourhood at about 9:30 p.m. Monday after receiving a report a youth was attacking a cat with a knife, the Winnipeg Police Service said in a news release Tuesday.

Shortly after, officers found a youth holding a knife in the 600 block of Main Street. They located a dead cat nearby, police said.

Police said officers later learned the youth had put the cat inside a plastic bag before killing it.

The 16-year-old has been charged with killing or injuring animals, causing unnecessary suffering to an animal, possession of a weapon, and failing to comply with release and sentence orders.

The youth was detained in custody.