A man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting someone with a python in Toronto.
On Wednesday, police responded to reports of a man threatening people with a python snake in the Dundas Street West and Manning Avenue area shortly before midnight.
A man was allegedly walking down the street holding a living python and approached a male victim, police said in a news release on Saturday.
There was a physical altercation and the man used the python to attack the victim, according to police.
Officers arrived at the scene and arrested the suspect. It is unknown what happened to the snake after the attack.
Toronto resident Laurenio Avila, 45, has been charged with assault with a weapon and unnecessary pain/suffering to an animal.
He appeared in a Toronto court on Thursday via video link and was remanded into custody.
