Police say a man in Vermont has used a machete to attack a woman in her 70s as she delivered meals to a motel being used as emergency housing for the homeless.
WCAX-TV reports 32-year-old Burlington resident Abukar Ibrahim is accused of attacking the 73-year-old Meals on Wheels volunteer who was dropping off meals at Harbor Place, which serves as a temporary emergency housing facility. The attack happened Friday in Shelburne.
The woman was sent to a hospital with multiple injuries and later released.
Police say Ibrahim barricaded himself in a room for 2 1/2 hours after the attack before coming out. He was being held at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility.
It was unclear whether he has an attorney.
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