Canada Police Charge Chainsaw-wielding Beachgoers

Umer Jamshaid Published August 11, 2020 | 08:40 AM

Ottawa, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th Aug, 2020 ) :Canadian police on Monday charged two men captured on video wielding chainsaws at a Toronto beach.

The list of charges was not immediately announced, but the pair arrested Sunday morning immediately after the incident appeared briefly in court on Monday.

A police spokesman told AFP that they had been involved in a large brawl at Cherry Beach in Toronto's former industrial Port Lands area just before 10 am Sunday, left and returned with weapons.

A video posted on social media showed the two shirtless men revving chainsaws and yelling threats at a crowd of people who scattered.

One of them was bleeding from a laceration on his head.

The chainsaws were not used to harm anyone, the official said.