A MAN has been charged after two people were injured with a weapon near a college in a racist attack.
Police raced to the scene after receiving reports of an armed man near a college in Yorkshire on Thursday.
A man has been charged after two people were injured with a weapon near a college in a racist attack[/caption]
The shocking incident was near Bradford College in Yorkshire[/caption]
West Yorkshire Police said they received reports from 9.21am on Thursday of a man armed with what appeared to be a knife on Great Horton Road near Bradford College.
Two members of the public were injured and taken to hospital for treatment for non-life threatening injuries while a small gardening tool was seized by officers at the scene, the force added.
They arrested the man after he was detained by college security staff.
David Noutch, of no fixed address, has been charged with a racially aggravated offence under the Public Order Act, racially aggravated assault, threatening with a bladed article in a public place and assault by beating.
He was also charged with two counts of assaulting a police constable and causing criminal damage.
The 31-year-old, who defines himself as white British, is in custody and is due to appear at Leeds Magistrates Court on Saturday.
