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City police have charged two 14-year-old boys in connection to a string of attacks at two Edmonton LRT stations last week.
Police saidy on April 1, at approximately 12:55 a.m. a 40-year-old man was sitting alone at the Muttart LRT station when he was approached by two male youths, said a Tuesday afternoon release.
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Moments later, without provocation, one of the youths took out a baton and struck the victim in the head. The 40-year-old man tried to run away, but the youth continued to violently assault him.
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Responding officers located the victim in the area of 84 Street and 101 Avenue. Emergency crews treated the man and transported him to hospital with serious life-threatening injuries.
A short time later, at approximately 2:15 a.m. a 27-year-old woman was waiting at the bottom of the staircase at Churchill LRT station when two unknown male youths confronted her. She continued to walk up the staircase when she was stopped by one of the youths, who reportedly kicked her down the stairs and fled the LRT stop.
Emergency crews responded to the scene, but the woman didn’t require medical attention for her injuries.
While investigators were at that scene, they were approached by a 32-year-old man who had also been assaulted. The man reported that two unknown male youths attempted to pick a fight with him and struck him with a baton, before fleeing the scene.
The man didn’t sustain any physical injuries.
Shortly before 3 a.m. investigators located two 14-year-old boys believed responsible for the three assaults after they were seen loitering in the Churchill LRT station.
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