‘So random:’ Man arrested after teen stabbed in bathroom of Manitoba church
WINKLER, Man. — Police in southern Manitoba were at a loss Monday as they tried to determine why a 15-year-old girl was repeatedly stabbed inside the women’s washroom at the Pembina Valley Baptist Church shortly after the weekly service had ended.
Police arrested a suspect at the scene in Winkler, some 100 kilometres southwest of Winnipeg, minutes after it happened Sunday. They said the man did not provide much information.
“We have been unable to determine a motive for this attack and that is quite frustrating. Everybody is asking and wondering why,” Winkler police Chief Rick Hiebert said Monday.
“The accused was not known to the victim and the accused has not offered police any leads as to his motive for the attack.”