Kamloops Mounties looking for suspect after man reports having been assaulted, burned with blow torch

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Police are trying to track down a suspect in a weekend assault that saw a man burned with a blow torch.

Mounties were called just before 11 p.m. on Saturday for a report of a man with burn injuries to his head at Royal Inland Hospital.

The man claimed to have been assaulted with a blow torch the previous day.

The investigation is ongoing, police say. Anyone with information can call Mounties at 250-828-3000 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.