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Family threatened while hiking in Hidden Valley in Kitchener

Waterloo Regional Police Service cruisers behind the Kitchener station. Nick Westoll / File / Global News

A man was arrested after a family walking through a trail in Hidden Valley in Kitchener was threatened on Sunday.

Waterloo Regional Police say that a father was walking along the trail with three children when they came across a young man who appeared had set up camp and was living there.

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Police say the man then confronted the family with a firearm.

No one was injured in the incident.

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Police called and found the man, who has been charged with assault with a weapon, weapons dangerous and carry concealed weapon.

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