Two officers hurt in knife attack on Bonaventure Drive West 

Two police officers suffered “serious injuries” when a man lunged at them in the basement of a home Wednesday.

Officers were called about a domestic incident involving a man acting erratically at a short-term rental property on the first 100 block of Bonaventure Drive West in the Bonavista area shortly after 5 p.m. A woman was outside when officers arrived.

Police found a 30-year-old man hiding in the basement, the Winnipeg Police Service said in a news release Thursday. As officers were speaking with him, he pulled out a folding knife and lunged at them, the WPS said.

Officers immediately grabbed the man as he tried to stab them, the release said. The man dropped the knife after at least one officer used a Taser on him, police said. Paramedics assessed him at the scene for minor injuries, the WPS said.

Both officers were taken to hospital. They have been medically cleared and are expected to make full recoveries, the release said.

The man is charged with two counts of assaulting a peace officer with a weapon. He was detained in custody.