A man has been charged in relation to two separate assaults in west Edmonton that police say seem to have been random.
According to police, on Feb. 28 a man stabbed a fellow ETS passenger as they got off a bus at 87 Avenue west of 156 Street (westbound) at about 3:05 p.m.
Police said the suspect then bear-sprayed the victim in the face before running away in a northwest direction through a shopping complex parking lot.
The injured man was treated and taken to hospital by paramedics with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
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According to police, there was a verbal disagreement between the two before the assault, but they did not know each other.
A few days later on March 3, a man was leaving West Edmonton Mall when he was confronted by another man. The suspect sprayed bear spray in the 22-year-old victim’s face and ran away to the north through the parking lot across 90 Avenue, police said.
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Following an investigation, Brayden Miller, 18, has been charged in relation to both assaults. He faces three charges of assault with a weapon, and one charge each of aggravated assault and possession of a weapon, according to police.
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