Snake that!
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A man used a snake as a weapon during a street fight in the area of in the area of Dundas St. and Manning Ave. — west of Bathurst St. — just before midnight on Wednesday.
In a video posted to social media, one man can be seen swinging a python snake at another man who tries to defend himself.
A Toronto Police vehicle then pulls up and officers break up the fight and make the men lie down on the ground.
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“That was a weird one,” Const. Cindy Chung said.
In a statement released Saturday, police said they received a call about a man threatening people with a python snake and officers were dispatched to the area.
“It is alleged that a man was walking down the street holding a living python snake,” Const. Laura Brabant said. “The man approached the victim with the python.”
“There was a physical altercation and the man used the python to attack the victim,” she added.
Brabant said officers arrived on scene quickly and arrested a suspect.
Laurenio Avila, 45, of Toronto, faces charges of assault with a weapon and causing unnecessary pain and suffering to an animal.
The accused appeared in Old City Hall court via video link on Thursday and was remanded into custody.
It unclear what happened to the snake.