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On October 28 at 8:28 p.m., Halifax Regional Police responded to 2044 Gottingen Street, the Salvation Army, to a report of a disturbance on the sidewalk involving several men.
Witnesses report an ignitable fluid was sprayed upon one man who sustained minor injuries after the fluid was briefly ignited. Another man was sprayed with a sensory irritant. At 8:45 p.m., two men at the scene were taken into custody without incident. A knife was recovered on one of the males.
The victim, a 47-year-old man, who had been sprayed with an ignitable fluid was taken to the QE II for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. A 29-year-old man has been charged with attempted aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. A 27-year-old man has been charged with assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
Investigators learned the victim was not the intended subject of the assault. The original disturbance involved the two accused persons who are known to each other. Both accused remain in police custody and will appear in Halifax Provincial court later today.