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.

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.

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

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.

Three victims were injured while trying to disarm a knife-wielding man during Friday afternoon prayers at a Montreal-area mosque. A spokesperson for Chateauguay police told reporters that the victims received minor injuries, although one was taken to hospital.

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