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Inmates assaulted at provincial courthouse in Edmonton: police

The provincial law courts in Edmonton, AB. File/Global News

*EDITOR’S NOTE: Police initially said just one inmate was assaulted, but later clarified two were.

Edmonton police are investigating the alleged assault of two inmates who were at the Provincial Court of Alberta Friday morning.

The EPS said officers were called to the court house at 10 a.m. to help after two inmates were assaulted in an “inmate holding area near court room #267.”

Police were told that four inmates were waiting to be processed when two of them were assaulted with an edged weapon.

The two individuals suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene by EMS.

More to come…

 

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