Security guards at Truro hospital injured in bleach attack

Preston Mulligan · CBC News

· Posted: May 08, 2025 1:16 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

A 16-year-old lad has been charged with battle with a limb and battle causing bodily harm aft 2 information guards astatine a Truro, N.S., infirmary were doused with household bleach earlier this week.

Police were called to Colchester East Hants Health Centre astatine 1:30 p.m. connected Tuesday to respond to a study of an assault involving a visitor, Chief David MacNeil of the Truro Police Service told CBC News.

"There was a young idiosyncratic that was visiting the infirmary due to the fact that they had a household subordinate that was successful the hospital," MacNeil said.

"They were upset by thing that happened and arsenic acold arsenic we tin find truthful acold determination was immoderate benignant of enactment oregon treatment with information staff. The young idiosyncratic near the infirmary and returned a clip aboriginal and astatine that clip threw a substance connected 2 of the information guards, assaulting them."

Police accidental 2 male guards were splashed with bleach, 1 successful the look and the different connected his torso. Both men were treated astatine the infirmary and released.

Paladin Security provides information astatine the hospital. A connection from the institution said the guards were capable to use their extended grooming to regain power of the concern and "maintain power of the individual" until constabulary arrived.

It said some officers are doing good and are expected to instrumentality to enactment successful the coming days.

A spokesperson with Nova Scotia Health said successful an emailed connection Wednesday that the wellness authorization was saddened by the quality that 2 members of the hospital's information squad had been seriously injured.

"We are moving intimately with police, and our contiguous absorption remains connected supporting the squad members impacted by this event."

The teenager, whose individuality is protected nether the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was released aft a tribunal quality connected Wednesday. He's scheduled to instrumentality to tribunal connected July 7.