A man arrested last week in connection with the violent abduction of a woman in the northern Manitoba community of Pimicikamak Cree Nation has been formally charged.

Joshua Paupanekis, also known as Albert Allan Joshua McKay, is charged with kidnapping, assault with a weapon and failing to comply with prior release orders.

His first court appearance took place on Monday in Thompson.

RCMP were called around 5:40 a.m. on Feb. 5 to a residence in Pimicikamak, about 530 kilometres north of Winnipeg.

RCMP said Paupanekis had entered a home, struck a 24-year-old man with a hammer, then abducted a 20-year-old woman from the residence. Paupanekis was also armed with a knife.

The incident prompted RCMP to issue a dangerous person alert, which triggered alarms on mobile phones across the province. It said police feared the woman was in immediate danger.

Multiple RCMP units from Manitoba and Saskatchewan were sent to Pimicikamak. Paupanekis was located the following morning, around 11:15 a.m., inside a vacant property in the community.

The woman, who had suffered minor injuries, was also located there and taken to the nursing station as a precaution. She was treated and later released.

RCMP say their major crime services continue to investigate.