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Police looking for two suspects after cab driver assaulted

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Regina police are looking for two people after a cab driver was assaulted in Regina on Tuesday evening.

Police were called to the 1400 block of Victoria Avenue where it was reported that a cab driver was being assaulted.

It is alleged that three suspects got into the cab and started to argue with the 48-year-old driver, and the male passenger in the front seat allegedly assaulted the driver. The female, who was in the backseat, is believed to have pulled out a knife.

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Police were able to locate the 38-year-old male who was in the front seat but police could not find the other two suspects.

Thirty-eight-year-old Kenneth Donald Shell of Regina is facing assault charges.

Shell will make his first court appearance on November 15.

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Police are still trying to identify the other two people in the vehicle. The first suspect is a male, around 25-years-old, wearing black pants and a grey shirt.

The second suspect is described as female, Indigenous, approximately 25-years-old, wearing a t-shirt, and carried what appeared to be a knife.

Anyone with information that could help police is asked to call 306-777-6500 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-22-8477.

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