A Nova Scotia man is facing multiple weapons charges after what RCMP describe as a hate-motivated crime in Middle Sackville.
An assault at a restaurant on Sackville Drive was reported to police on Wednesday just before 9 p.m. According to RCMP, two patrons at the restaurant had gotten into a verbal altercation inside the business that spilled out.
RCMP said it’s not believed if the two men knew each other.
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“The altercation moved outside after racial slurs were expressed by one man. The same man then assaulted the other individual with a sensory irritant before fleeing on foot,” RCMP said in a release.
“Information gathered by investigators indicates that the offence was motivated by hate, based on the race of the victim.”
The victim, who was a 30-year-old Lower Sackville man, had minor injuries and was treated at the scene by EHS.
Shortly after, officers arrested a 31-year-old man at the Halifax Transit terminal on Cobequid Road.
The man has been charged with assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon, and possession of a weapon contrary to an order. He appeared in court and has been remanded until his next court date on Feb. 8.