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CTV News
25-06-2025
- CTV News
SIU investigating after man holding knife shot by police at Brampton apartment
A man was shot by police on the sixth floor of a Brampton apartment building and taken to hospital with serious injuries. CP24's Arda Zakarian reports. Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a 35-year-old man who was holding a knife was shot and seriously injured by police at a Brampton apartment building following a call about a family dispute. Peel police said they were called to a sixth-floor unit in the area of Malta Avenue and Ray Lawson Boulevard at around 9:50 a.m. 'On arrival, officers spoke with the family members involved, and when they tried to make contact with the individual, the subject that was shot, he did produce an edged weapon and was subsequently shot by police,' Const. Tyler Bell-Morena told reporters at the scene. Const. Tyler Bell-Morena Const. Tyler Bell-Morena speaks with reporters outside an apartment building in Brampton where a man was shot by police Wednesday June 25, 2025. The man was stabilized at the scene before being transported to a trauma centre in Toronto, where he is now in stable condition and expected to recover, Bell-Morena said. In a statement Wednesday afternoon, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) confirmed they are now probing the shooting. SIU Spokesperson Kristy Denette said an officer fired a single shot at the 35-year-old man, who was holding a knife in his hand, and he was struck in the abdomen. Shooting Peel police are pictured at an apartment building near Malta Avenue and Ray Lawson Boulevard in Brampton after a man was shot by police Wednesday June 25, 2025. 'I can tell you one officer discharged (their weapon), so that would mean one subject official will be designated, and likely the other officer would be designated as a witness officer,' Denette said. She confirmed that two family members were with the man at the apartment when officers arrived, and that one of them placed the call to police. 'An individual, the family member, called police just concerned about her family member and the way he was acting,' Denette said. 'As far as any specifics that may have been occurring prior to police arrival, that would be something that Peel Regional Police would be looking at in a parallel investigation.' Preliminary information indicates that the man has some mental health issues, Denette said. Shooting Peel police are pictured at an apartment building near Malta Avenue and Ray Lawson Boulevard in Brampton after a man was shot by police Wednesday June 25, 2025. Bell-Morena said officers had been called to the apartment before, but it was not clear if those calls were in relation to the man who was shot. He said officers arrived at the scene very quickly after the call was received and it was not clear whether they had been advised of the man's mental health problems, or whether crisis workers had also been dispatched. Denette said CCTV footage from the building, as well as footage from body-worn cameras will be part of the investigation. No officers were injured and police said the incident was quickly 'contained.' Multiple police vehicles were visible outside the residential building Wednesday. Peel police are advising people to avoid the area for the time being as there is a large police presence for the investigation. The SIU is an arm's length provincial agency called in to investigate anytime police are involved in a death or serious injury.
BBC News
25-06-2025
- BBC News
Teenager admits knife offences after Caddington school incident
A teenager is waiting to be sentenced after admitting wounding and false imprisonment during an incident at a detail about the boy's crimes was aired in court, but police said there had been an "incident" involving a knife at Manshead Academy in Caddington, Bedfordshire, in boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, also admitted making threats with a knife and entered guilty pleas at Luton Crown Court on Geoffrey Payne said he wanted to know more about the boy's background and adjourned sentencing until 19 September. After the hearing, a Bedfordshire Police spokesman said officers had been called to the school on Friday, 2 May to reports of a pupil in possession of a force said another student and a member of staff had suffered minor injuries. Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Irish Times
12-06-2025
- Irish Times
‘Dublin 8 Says No': Mother removes son aged 8 from school due to anti-immigration protests
A mother has decided to temporarily take her son out of school in Dublin 8 following nearby anti- immigration protests over recent weeks and a 'knife incident'. Andreea-Claudia Calin took her son (8) out of Canal Way Educate Together School, located on Basin Lane, where protesters have gathered at drop-off and collection times. An encampment has been set up close to the school gates with Tricolours and graffiti stating: 'Dublin 8 Says No'. An International Protection Accommodation Service centre has been in operation at Basin View since 2022. Plans to refurbish another building to expand the centre were under consideration by the Department of Justice but were dropped in recent weeks. Ms Calin, who is originally from Romania and grew up in Greece, has been living in Ireland since 2018 with her partner and two children. READ MORE The anti-immigration encampment near the Canal Way Educate Together school in Dublin 8. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien She was informed by the school of a 'knife incident' in the area last month. It is understood that a man, who is a foreign national, had been dropping his child off at a separate primary school nearby when there was an altercation with a teenage boy who wielded a knife and, allegedly, assaulted him. Gardaí confirmed they attended the scene of 'an alleged assault and public order incident' on May 28th at 8.45am. 'A male youth was arrested concerning the incident,' said a Garda spokesman. 'He has since been released and a file will now be prepared for the Garda youth diversion programme.' Ms Calin said hearing about the knife incident 'felt like American news'. 'It's not something that you hear happening in a school in Dublin,' she said. 'I understand the free right to protest, but at the same time, there are some guidelines. It can't be threatening or intimidating. In my opinion, it's unlawful. Why have they not been removed from in front of the school? ... I want him to go to school, but it's not safe. Something needs to be done.' Ms Calin said she made the decision on Monday not to send her son to school and informed his teacher and principal. She said she is homeschooling him. 'We have Irish friends, we live in a neighbourhood with Irish neighbours that we get along with. I got Irish citizenship ... I absolutely love it here. I never saw it as an unsafe place to live until recently,' she added. 'I don't understand why these kids have to pay for whatever it is between the people who are protesting and the Government. Why are they mixed up in this and why is no one doing something to protect them?' The school's board of management said: 'We are always saddened when a child temporarily withdraws, particularly when the circumstances involve challenges that fall beyond the school's capacity to fully address or control.' The board said it was 'monitoring' the protest's impact on its school community and 'direct requests' to protesters for a different approach have so far been unsuccessful. 'We've notified the situation to the departments of education and justice, An Garda Síochána, INTO [Irish National Teachers' Organisation], Fórsa ... seeking a respectful, inclusive resolution,' it added.
CTV News
10-06-2025
- CTV News
Man arrested after approaching female soccer player with knife: London police
Soccer fields in the 1200 block of Adelaide Street North in London, Ont. (Source: Google Maps) Police say a London man is facing charges after interrupting a soccer game and yielding a knife over the weekend. A man was seen walking through soccer fields in the 1200 block of Adelaide Street North while consuming an alcoholic beverage on Sunday at 8:40 p.m. The suspect allegedly walked towards the players and began yelling obscenities at them. Police say the suspect was asked to leave the field multiple times before producing what appeared to be a knife. The suspect allegedly approached an adult female player with the knife in hand while making stabbing motions in her direction. Police responded to the area and arrested the suspect man without incident. Police say the victim and suspect were not known to each other. There were no reported injuries. Officers seized a knife. As a result of the investigation, a 30-year-old London man has been charged with the following offences: Possession of a weapon; Assault with a weapon; and Fail to comply with release order. The accused remains in custody and is expected to appear in London court on June 12. Anyone with information in relation to this incident is asked to call the London Police Service at (519) 661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. Information can also be sent in online anonymously to London Middlesex Crime Stoppers.
The Sun
05-06-2025
- General
- The Sun
Primary school plunged into lockdown as ‘knifeman on loose' with armed police ‘everywhere'
ARMED police have rushed to a residential area in Manchester after receiving reports of a "man with a knife." A nearby school has been placed in lockdown as a precaution while armed cops swarm the area hunting for their suspect. 1 A police helicopter rushed to the scene and was spotted circling above New Moston, Manchester. Cops were reportedly spotted all over the residential area around the school as they hunted for their suspect. Armed officers were seen blocking entrances to a nearby park at around 3pm. Cops were initially called to a doctors surgery on Moston Lane East after a staff member was reportedly threatened with a blade. The suspect fled the scene with police launching a major search of the nearby area. New Moston Primary School went into lockdown as a "precaution" with the armed man nearby. The suspect is still at large as cops desperately try to locate him. A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said: "Emergency services were called to reports of a concern for welfare on Moston Lane East in Moston at around 2:17pm this afternoon. "A man threated a member of staff at a doctor's surgery with a knife and then made off from the surgery. Enquiries are ongoing to locate the man. No injuries have been reported. "As a precaution a nearby primary school decided to go into lockdown."
