A 24-year-old man has been charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose in connection with Friday's altercation at a mosque in Châteauguay, Que., that left three men injured.

Police say the 24-year-old has been transported to the police station and an investigation is underway, but they did not provide any details about a possible motive.

MONTREAL — Three men have been injured after a 24-year-old man entered a mosque southwest of Montreal armed with a knife. Police in Chateauguay, Que., on Montreal’s South Shore, say the three men were in their 50s and suffered only minor injuries, with one transported to hospital.

A 24-year-old man has been arrested following an altercation at a Montreal-area mosque that left three people injured on Friday afternoon.

An administrator at the Montreal-area cultural centre says the three men sustained injuries while trying to remove the knife from a 24-year-old man who entered the mosque acting ‘a little bizarre’ on

An official at a Montreal-area mosque where three people were injured on Friday afternoon says the victims were hurt while trying to disarm a 24-year-old man who entered the building armed with a knife.