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Axe-Wielding Man With Machete Backup Challenges Teens To Fight In Boston: Police
A 51-year-old man faces weapons and drug charges after he challenged a group of teens to a fight while waving a machete and an axe in Downtown Boston, police said.
Israel Silva, 51, of Roxbury, threatened to attack a group of teens and challenged them to fight shortly after 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 27, around the Temple Place area, according to Boston police.
Officers arrived and watched as Silva reached into his pocket and retrieved a small axe while holding a machete in his left hand, police said.
He continued to taunt the group of teens, who ran away in fear, police said.
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