Arrest made after 3 injured in stabbing at Hamilton mosque

A 40-year-old man is in custody after three people were injured in a stabbing at the Hamilton Downtown Mosque on Friday.

Hamilton police attended the mosque at 221 York Blvd., at around 2:15 p.m. after receiving calls that several people had been stabbed.

“The altercation is believed to have started outside the location and continued inside the building,” a Hamilton police release explained. “One person was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and the other was treated at the scene. A third victim showed up at the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.”

Initially, police said they were looking for two suspects who fled in an unknown direction. But it was later determined that the second person was not involved in the incident.

Police said the incident was not hate-motivated and that the suspect and victims were known to each other. Following an investigation, police showed up at an address on Hamilton Mountain where a man was taken into custody.

Abdullah Alkhlif of Hamilton is facing two counts of assault causing bodily harm and one count of aggravated assault.