Man charged after two injured in York altercation

News imageBBC/Seb Cheer A close up of the bonnet of a North Yorkshire Police vehicle. The bonnet is yellow and black and has the word police written on it in blue.BBC/Seb Cheer
Police were called to the Leeman Road area on Sunday afternoon

A man has been charged in connection with an altercation in which two people were injured.

North Yorkshire Police were called to Leeman Road, in York, on Sunday following a report of an incident involving three men, during which a bladed weapon was also seen.

Two men were injured in the altercation and taken to hospital for treatment. Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

The force said Alfie Fowler, 21, of Ripley Close, Hull, has since been charged in connection with the incident with robbery and possession of a bladed article in a public place. He is due to appear at York Magistrates Court later.

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