Manslaughter charge laid in downtown Edmonton bar assault

A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged with manslaughter in connection with an assault at a downtown Edmonton bar earlier this month.
Mohamed Ahmed Sassi was arrested without incident Friday morning and charged in the city’s 22nd homicide of the year — the death of a 74-year-old man.
The man was hospitalized after he was assaulted at Central Social Hall, on 109 Street and Jasper Avenue, at around 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 8.
Though his injuries didn’t appear life-threate