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Police in Prince Albert, Sask., have made an arrest in connection with a savage attack on a Cree woman earlier this month.
Police issued a statement Sunday saying a 29 year-old man had been charged with attempted murder and aggravated sexual assault. The man was arrested Saturday evening and police executed a search warrant at his residence.
The arrest was made in connection with the attack on Marlene Bird, 47, who was found on June 1 in a Prince Albert parking lot with her face mutilated and body burned. Doctors were forced to amputate both of Bird’s legs and skin grafts have been used to help reconstruct her face which was peeled back from chin to forehead on one side. Bird is from Montreal Lake Cree Nation.
The police statement did not say what investigators were seeking at the residence. The man, whose name was not released, is in custody and is scheduled to appear in Prince Albert provincial court on Wednesday, the statement said.
An officer with the police service told APTN National News more information would be unveiled at a press conference Monday.
Bird is still recovering in hospital.
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