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15-year-old choked in Beacon Hill tent, Victoria police assaulted while intervening

Victoria police are looking for a 38-year-old man after he allegedly assaulted and choked a missing 15-year-old victim in Beacon Hill Park Tuesday night. (Black Press Media file photo)
Police searching for 38-year-old suspect, two officers injured in altercation with park residents
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                                    Father Marinaldo Batista, who served at Catholic parishes in Saanich and Sooke, died April 1 in Brazil from complications of COVID-19. (Facebook/St. Elizabeth Church)

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