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A 34-year-old Ottawa man is facing a slew of charges after a week-long string of robberies across the city.

In a media release Tuesday, Ottawa police said the first in a chain of robberies happen at 2 p.m. on Oct. 28 at a bank in the 2400 block of Bank Street.

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The next day, there was another robbery at 10:40 p.m. at a business in the 400 block of Rideau Street.

On Oct. 31, there were two robberies. One happened at 1:28 a.m. when a person was robbed in the King Edward Avenue and Stewart Street area. A concealed weapon was allegedly used in that robbery. Then, at 5:10 a.m., a business in the 500 block of Hazeldean Road was robbed.

Finally, on Nov. 4, at 2:50 p.m., a business on St. Joseph Boulevard was robbed.

David Munkondo, 34, of Ottawa, is charged with robbery, robbery with a weapon, uttering threats, possession of a weapon, carrying a concealed weapon and assault with a weapon.

He remains in custody.

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