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Richmond RCMP looking for suspects following two pepper-spray incidents

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Richmond Police are looking for two suspects allegedly involved in two separate pepper-spray incidents.

The first reported incident happened Tuesday around 10:30 p.m., in the 8400 block of Alexandra Road.

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Two women were pepper-sprayed by two unknown men as they left a local business. The victims then ran onto the road, where an unidentified Good Samaritan helped them by taking them to the local hospital.

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Thirty minutes later, in the 4300 block of No 3 Road, two men pepper-sprayed a woman as she was putting items into her car.

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The two were allegedly armed, one with a knife and the other with a can of pepper spray.

The victim of the second incident told investigators that one suspect said, “Give me your stuff.”

Police are asking anyone with information to come forward.

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