BALTIMORE, March 14 (UPI) -- A man killed by police in Baltimore early Saturday was armed with a machete and holding his 4-year-old granddaughter hostage, investigators said.
VERO BEACH, Fla., Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Police in Vero Beach, Fla., said a man has been arrested after allegedly striking a co-worker with a machete during a disagreement about a coconut break.
BOSTON, April 6 (UPI) -- A rash of machete attacks in Massachusetts has raised concerns the inexpensive weapons are too easily obtained, officials said.
NEW YORK, April 2 (UPI) -- New York police said a suspect who allegedly attacked a man with a machete, then battled police with firebombs from his roof, told them he was having a bad day.
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 7 (UPI) -- San Jose, Calif., police say a pizzeria manager was attacked by a machete-wielding customer who was apparently angered by slow delivery of his pizza.
YONKERS, N.Y., Jan. 8 (UPI) -- A Yonkers, N.Y., street gang is being investigated in connection with a spate of violence that included a Monday morning machete attack on a pedestrian.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Nine Haitians were killed in a raid on a soccer stadium by gun- and machete-wielding men, some wearing police uniforms, Haitian radio reported Friday.
TEXAS CITY, Texas, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Doctors at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston were able to reattach a woman's finger and thumb after her boyfriend severed them with a machete.
MONTREAL, July 5 (UPI) -- Montreal police are investigating a possible gang-related machete attack on a convenience store cashier who lost his hand and left ear in the attack.
REVERE, Mass., Sept. 21 (UPI) -- An Elvis impersonator from Revere, Mass., was jailed without bail for allegedly hacking a man to death with a machete after a night of drinking.