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Assault inside Thunder Bay District Jail leaves two injured

Thunder Bay Police charged two jail inmates with assaulting two men inside the facility.

One of the victims was transported to hospital with "serious" stab wounds

Two inmates at the Thunder Bay District Jail face charges of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon after an incident that sent one man to hospital. (Nicole Ireland/CBC)

Twoinmates atthe Thunder Bay District Jail were injured after an assault inside the facility earlier this week.

Thunder Bay police said one of the men involvedhad "serious injuries" consistent with a stabbing and was transported to Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.

The other victimwas treated inside the jail. Both men are facing non-life threatening injuries.

After an investigation of the incident , which took place on Tuesday, twoinmates face aggravated assault charges, including assault with a weapon, said police.

Cody Maurice Hill, a 26-year-old man from London, Ont.and Paul Jospeh Vukmanich, a 33-year-old man from Thunder Bay both face charges of aggrevated assault and assault with a weapon.

Both men appeared in bail court via video on Wednesday and are awaiting future court dates.

The investigation into the incident is ongoing.