The assault occurred around 4:30 Monday afternoon outside a shopping mall in the 3500 block of 8th Street East.

A group of young people confronted a person seated outside a store. The altercation escalated when a suspect used a machete to strike the victim. Police found a 16-year-old boy inside the mall with non-life threatening injuries.

Two 15-year olds were arrested on a nearby City Transit Bus nearby. The pair were arrested without incident and charged with assault.

The suspect with the machete remains at large. He was wearing glasses, a red hat, black plants with a light-coloured backpack over a black sweater. Police say the incident is not believed to be random in nature. If you have any information, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or Saskatoon Police at (306) 975-8300.