Alberta RCMP charge man with attempted murder after Mountie beaten with club

COLD LAKE, Alta. – RCMP say a man faces two dozen criminal charges, including attempted murder after a Mountie was beaten with a club.

Police say an officer was trying to make an arrest on Tuesday after a stolen vehicle was spotted in the parking lot of a Walmart store in Cold Lake, Alta.

Investigators say the officer was punched and then repeatedly beaten with his own service baton.

They say the Mountie’s injuries were serious but not life-threatening.

RCMP say someone then smashed the window of a nearby vehicle, threatened the driver with a knife and the baton, and drove away before being arrested later.

Police say Travis Peter Slipchuk of Bonnyville, Alta., also faces charges of assault with a weapon, theft of a weapon from a peace officer and theft of a vehicle.

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