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Police are asking for help identifying a woman who robbed someone while riding a bike and wielding a machete.

A woman was walking in the 300 block of Third Avenue North at 1 a.m. Tuesday when a woman on a bicycle approached, according to a news release.

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The cyclist pulled out a machete and tried to cut the victim’s purse strap. There was a struggle, which ended with the victim being “slashed,” the release said. The victim’s injuries were not considered life-threatening. She went to hospital on her own and was treated and released.

The suspect is described as indigenous and in her mid-20s. She was wearing dark clothes and riding a BMX-style bike.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Saskatoon city police.