An Ajax man is facing multiple charges after allegedly attacking two people on TTC buses this week, police say, before pulling out a sword and chopping at transit seats.
In a news release Thursday, police said they were first called to the Jane Street and St. Clair Avenue W. area around 11 p.m. Monday.
Investigators say a man boarded a TTC bus and punched a victim unprovoked, before getting off the bus, walking north and getting on a second bus. The man then allegedly punched a second person without provocation, according to the news release.
The bus was held and passengers got off — and then the suspect proceeded to pull out a sword from his backpack and allegedly swing it “violently,” the news release reads, striking bus seats.
Officers arrived and arrested the man, who did not know any of the victims, police say.
A 46-year-old Ajax man now faces assault charges, as well as charges for carrying and possessing a concealed weapon, mischief and damage to property, as well as failing to comply with a release order.