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Machete wielding man apprehended near Parksville after string of events

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Oceanside RCMP apprehended a man in Parksville who used a machete to leave a trail fo destruction in his wake.

On the morning of Thursday, July 26th, a 44-year-old man carrying a large machete walked into a business on Allsbrook Road in Parksville and was allegedly acting “crazy”.

He slammed his machete down on the counter and proceeded to exit the establishment on a motorbike. He then turned up at a neighbouring business and broke into a travel trailer.

When he was finished with destroying that, he smashed his way through the sliding glass door of a home on the property that was occupied by a woman and her two young children.

While the inhabitants of the home fled out the front door, the man continued to destroy their property and eventually ended up on the roof of the home, from where he was summoned down and arrested by police.

According to RCMP, the suspect did not know any of the business owners, or the occupants of the home he broke into. It appears that he was mentally unstable due to excessive drug use.

He has been taken for psychiatric assessment and will then be held on several charges for court.

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Brishti Basu
Former Senior Staff Writer and Content Manager at Victoria Buzz.

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