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A man used a snake as a weapon during a street fight in the area of Dundas St. and Manning Ave. — west of Bathurst St. — just before midnight on Wednesday.
In a video posted to social media, one man can be seen swinging a python snake at another man who tries to defend himself.
A Toronto Police vehicle then pulls up and officers break up the fight and make the men lie down on the ground.
“It is alleged that a man was walking down the street holding a living python snake,” Const. Laura Brabant said. “The man approached the victim with the python.”
“There was a physical altercation and the man used the python to attack the victim,” she added.
Laurenio Avila, 45, of Toronto, faces charges of assault with a weapon and causing unnecessary pain and suffering to an animal.