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A Salt Lake City man is accused of slashing another man's face with a meat cleaver he was wearing as a necklace.
In charges filed Monday, police wrote that the man, 22, had called the victim's girlfriend "bad names" during a fight Nov. 10, and the victim threw his soda on the man.
The man allegedly took a meat cleaver he was wearing as a necklace and swung it at the victim, striking him in the face, arm and chest. The victim required 65 stitches, police wrote.
The 22-year-old was charged with second-degree felony aggravated assault.
