Man, 36, charged in unprovoked stabbing of TTC employee
A Toronto man has been charged in connection with the unprovoked stabbing of a TTC employee on Friday. According to investigators, an on-duty electrical worker was taking a break in the Bloor-Yonge area shortly after 8 a.m. It is alleged that 36-year-old Anthony Christopher David McLaughlin approached the employee from behind and stabbed him before […]
On Friday, a 36-year-old man named Anthony Christopher David McLaughlin was charged in connection with the unprovoked stabbing of a TTC employee. The incident occurred in the Bloor-Yonge area shortly after 8 a.m. when McLaughlin approached the on-duty electrical worker from behind and stabbed him. The victim was taken to the hospital by paramedics with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries and is now recovering at home.
McLaughlin turned himself in to the police on Saturday and was arrested. He has been charged with two offenses: assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon. TTC CEO Mandeep S. Lali expressed his dismay in a statement, emphasizing that incidents of violence against TTC workers are completely unacceptable. He also noted that recent changes to the Criminal Code have strengthened the treatment of assaults on public transit workers.
McLaughlin is scheduled to appear in court for a bail hearing on Sunday.
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