By The Canadian Press

Four Victoria police officers injured in incident at tent city for the homeless

Jul 28, 2016 | 10:18 PM

Victoria police say four officers were injured Thursday evening while intervening in a domestic dispute at the controversial “tent city” outside the city’s courthouse.

Police say just after 7:20 p.m., two special duty officers heard what they believed to be a domestic assault in a tent that is part of an encampment of about 100 homeless people that has been up since last fall.

When the officers tried to intervene, they were assaulted by a “highly combative man.”

Two officers who arrived at the scene were also assaulted and the man was taken into custody after he was subdued with a stun gun.

Police say three of the four injured officers were taken to hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries while the suspect, who remains in custody and is to appear in court on Friday, was not injured.

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