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Saskatoon police arrest suspect after 3 people attacked with bear spray

Saskatoon police were busy over the weekend with check stops and catching speeders. File / Global News

Saskatoon police arrested a man accused of using bear spray on three people on Sunday morning.

Officers were called to the 500 block of 20th Street West just before 8 a.m. and found three victims who had been sprayed with bear repellant, according to a statement.

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The victims, a 16-year-old-girl, a 21-year-old man and a 23-year-old man, were treated by paramedics and told police they knew the suspect.

Officers arrested a 20-year-old man minutes later after he was found hiding under a deck on Avenue G S, a block away.

He has been charged with, among other things, possession of a dangerous weapon, three counts of assault with a weapon and possession of methamphetamine for the purposes of trafficking.

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