3 teens charged in face-slashing at Spadina subway station
Posted February 14, 2023 4:22 pm.
Toronto police have arrested three teens, two boys and a girl, after a woman’s face was slashed at Spadina subway station last weekend.
Officers were called to the station at around 6:34 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 12.
Police say the three suspects became embroiled in a verbal argument with a woman, and one of the male suspects spat in the woman’s face and pushed her repeatedly. A male then pulled out a knife and slashed the woman’s face. Luckily her injuries were not considered serious.
All three suspects fled the scene.
They were arrested the next day, on Monday, February 13, after police alleged they tried to attack a police officer with a machete.
In that incident, police say they were called to the stairwell of a residential building in the Long Branch Avenue and Lake Promenade area of Etobicoke after reports of suspicious activity.
When officers arrived, a boy attempted to flee and alerted another boy and girl. Police say one of the boys swung a machete at an officer.
The suspects, two boys aged 16 and 15 and a 15-year-old girl, are facing a slew of charges, including assault, assault with a weapon and assault a peace officer while carrying a weapon.
