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Lewiston police respond to two unrelated incidents involving hatchets

Lewiston police respond to two unrelated incidents involving hatchets

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LEWISTON, Maine (Sun Journal) Police in Lewiston are following up on two unrelated incidents involving hatchets.

The Sun Journal reports police responded to a call around 11 p.m. Thursday to a fight involving two groups of people on Sabattus Street, where they found one man bleeding after getting hit with a hatchet. He was treated at the hospital and has since been released. Details about the incident remain unclear, police said. No charges have been filed yet.

The second attack also happened on Sabattus Street near Wood Street on Thursday. Police said a man with a hatchet was attacking another man who came to repossess his car. Police said the man thought his car was being stolen by a neighbor, and backed away with the hatchet when he found it was being repossessed. No one was injured and no charges were filed.

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