Winnipegger injured, traumatized after being attacked with hatchet in North End

A Winnipeg man has been left traumatized after being attacked with a hatchet last week.

Rawley Walker, 23, says he was he was put in a head lock and beaten by two men on March 27 on Selkirk Avenue in Winnipeg’s North End.

Walker was returning home with a pizza in hand.

“A guy just came at me, tried to grab the pizza,” Walker said. “I ended up just dropping it and being like just take it. But at that point it was too late.”

He said after biting the tip of one man’s finger off, the other man pulled out a hatchet and started hitting him.

“My hands, my fingers are very mangled. There’s a sprain or possible fracture in this finger and another one in this finger. I have a laceration right on my forehead. That one was the deepest. It went all the way to my skull and fractures part of the skull,” Walker said describing his injuries.

The incident has also left Walker traumatized, he says.

“Every time I try and sleep, it just comes back to me and keeps me awake for hours,” Walker said.

“It’s affected me a lot. I can’t go outside or off my deck without bringing my dog or going in a group. I just don’t want to go out alone anymore.”

Walker credits his background in martial arts which helped him disarm the attacker and eventually get away.

He said that if it weren’t for a nearby fire truck, he wouldn’t have made it

“Right now, I’m pretty numb still. It’s still all so surreal and I can’t figure out how to feel or how I want to feel. It’s just all overwhelming,” Walker said.

Walker told CityNews that two arrests have been made in connection to the assault.

Winnipeg police said the investigation is still on going and declined to comment further.