LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – Several students at a high school in southern Alberta had to be given first aid after getting hit with pepper spray.
Lethbridge police say two young men got into a fight outside Chinook High School during the lunch hour Wednesday.
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One of them discharged the substance and as many as 25 students watching the conflict got hit when wind blew it in their direction.
Sgt. Ryan Stef says a 15-year-old suspect, who is not a student at the school, fled the area.
The teen was arrested a short time later by patrol officers.
Stef said the case remains under investigation and charges are pending.
(CJOC)
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