Knives flash in spate of violence across Toronto

Toronto Star photo

About a dozen police officers swooped down on Kensington Market Saturday afternoon after a spate of knife violence across the city.

Three men were arrested at gunpoint in the busy market after witnesses reported seeing the group running north from Bellevue Square Park around 2:30 p.m., with at least one brandishing a knife.

Bystanders watched the drama unfold as a police officer drove his cruiser to Augusta Ave. and Baldwin St., pulled his gun and ordered two men to the ground. A third man, who fled on foot, was arrested shortly afterwards. All face a mix of robbery, drug and weapons charges.

Ozzie Pavão, owner of Casa Acoreana café, saw the arrests from across the street.

See my report in the Toronto Star.