73-Year-Old Woman Delivering Meals To The Homeless Attacked With Machete

The sight of an uncovered woman triggered him.

Via WCAX:

A Burlington man faces attempted murder charges after allegedly attacking a woman with a machete.

“It’s pretty scary yes,” said Carl Mcmahon.

Mcmahon is staying at Harbor Place in Shelburne. Harbor Place provides temporary emergency housing with services, run by the Champlain Housing Trust. Early Friday, police responded to calls of a man with a knife smashing out car windows.

“On arrival we found that this person who was reported to have a knife, had actually attacked an elderly female,” said Corporal Jon Marcoux of Shelburne Police.

That female, was a 73-year-old Meals on Wheels volunteer who was dropping off meals on the regular route. It is unclear what provoked the attack, but police say 32-year-old Abukar Ibrahim was the one with a machete. He attacked the woman who sustained multiple injuries. She was sent to the hospital, and later released.

“He barricaded himself in the room. After two and a half hours, he came out on his own,” said Marcoux.

Corporal Marcoux says the Shelburne Police Department gets a fair number of calls, responding to Harbor Place.

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