Stranger hit Attack Random Downtown – Winnipeg Free Press

A man attacked a stranger who told him that he did not have a cigarette and then threatened a stranger who tried to intervene in Knifepoint, says the police.

The officers were sent to Edmonton Street block around 10:35 pm on Wednesday.

The police said Thursday that the attacker, after a man in his 60s told him that he did not have a cigarette, turned around, faced the victim and began hitting him.

A 50 -year -old man tried to intervene. The attacker threatened the second man and fled, the WPS said in a press release on Thursday.

While talking to the victims, the officers saw a suspect walking nearby and arrested him on Kennedy Street.

The first victim suffered minor injuries and rejected medical treatment, the WPS said.

A 32 -year -old Winnipeg man is accused of four crimes, including theft. He was arrested in custody.