The suspect, identified as 40-year-old Newmarket resident Fabian Michael Vassell, is charged with eight offences, including two counts of attempted murder and three counts of assault with a weapon.
Investigators believe that the suspect attacked a 34-year-old man with a knife inside the restaurant and then stabbed a 68-year-old man who attempted to intervene multiple times.
Citizens intervened and subdued the suspect until police arrived, demonstrating the community response in an alarming situation.
Both victims sustained non-life threatening injuries as a result, highlighting the importance of intervention in dangerous situations.
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