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Whitby, Ont. man arrested, charged in connection with Toronto assault

The Toronto Police Services emblem is photographed during a press conference at TPS headquarters, in Toronto on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Police say one person is dead and two others have been taken to hospital after a shooting in a parking lot at a east-end Toronto mall. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov. CKL

A 36-year-old Whitby, Ont., man has been charged in connection with an assault investigation in Toronto, police say.

Toronto police said on Oct. 22, 2022, at around 5:05 p.m., officers received a report that a person had been assaulted in the Nathan Phillips Square area.

Officers said a man became involved in a verbal altercation.

According to police, during the altercation, the man allegedly head-butted, spat on and pushed the victim.

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Officers said the man then fled in an unknown direction.

On May 5, 36-year-old Mahdi Rezazadeh from Whitby was arrested.

He has been charged with three counts of assault.

According to police, the accused is scheduled to appear in court in June.

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