An Ottawa police car sits parked Monday morning at the start of a path where a man was assaulted early Sunday morning. (Rebecca Zandbergen/CBC)A man was in critical condition Monday after being attacked on a wooded path in Ottawa's east end early Sunday morning.
Police were investigating Monday morning at the scene of the assault, a path in a forested area near the end of Lafayette Private, off Bathgate Drive near la CitГ© CollГ©giale.
The man had been walking on the path behind a row of townhomes in the Ottawa Community Housing Bathgate Court complex between 12:30 a.m. and 1 a.m. ET Sunday when he was attacked by a another man.
He received serious to life-threatening injuries, and was recovering in hospital Monday after surgery.
Police said they only found out about the assault Sunday evening, and that was when they started investigating.
