Police say a man has been arrested in Aklavik after an assault on Sunday left another man with life-threatening injuries.
Aklavik RCMP said they were called at around 4:40pm on Sunday with information about an injured man lying on the ground outside a home. When police arrived, RCMP said in a news release on Monday, the 36-year-old man was being transported to the health centre with the help of other residents.
The man sustained “serious, life-threatening” injuries according to police. He was medevaced to Yellowknife and later to Edmonton.
Police said they had arrested a 28-year-old man against whom charges are pending. Nobody involved in the incident was publicly identified by RCMP.
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The assault did not involve weapons, police said, and the two men knew each other.
“This was not a random act,” Monday’s news release stated.
Anyone with further information about the assault is asked to call Aklavik RCMP at 867-978-1111 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.
