Winnipeg police arrested a man and a woman minutes after a robbery involving a machete on Main Street Monday evening.

At about 7:32 p.m. on Tuesday, police received a call that a 17-year-old boy and a 20-year-old woman had been confronted and threatened at knifepoint in the 600 block of Main Street. The pair told police they were walking north when a man and woman approached them.

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According to police, the man pulled out a machete while both suspects demanded property from the victims. The confrontation was unprovoked, and both victims fled before handing over any belongings. Neither was injured.

Police found two suspects a few blocks away near Main Street and Logan Avenue around 7:40 p.m. A machete was recovered from a nearby parking lot. Police identified the male s

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