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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.

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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-threatening at the time, he died Sept. 15. An autopsy determined the death as a homicide.

Det. Kurt Martin with the EPS homicide section thanked witnesses for their co-operation in the investigation.

“It is because of the courage of the witnesses who came forward that we were able to get some resolution for the victim’s family,” he said in a news release.

Police continue to investigate and urge anyone else who saw the assault or the events leading up to it to contact them.

Police have not released the victim’s name.