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Teens charged after Halifax bear-spray attacks, stabbing

HALIFAX – Two teenagers face charges after several people were attacked with bear spray in Halifax, including one person who was stabbed.

Police say the incidents happened Saturday night on Windmill and Wyse roads in Dartmouth.

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The first victim, a 44-year-old man, was sprayed in the face and then struck in the head with the canister of bear spray when he tried to chase his attackers.

Two more people were sprayed, including a 19-year-old man who police say was also stabbed.

He was treated in hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and released.

Police say a 19-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy are due in Dartmouth provincial court Monday on charges of assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon.

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