Woman threatened with scissors in assault outside Health Sciences Centre

A request for a light was answered with a threat outsideWinnipeg's Health Sciences Centre.

Early Sunday, police were called to the hospitalfollowing an alleged assault around 2 a.m.

They say a 44-year-old man was refused entry to the hospital by security, then began urinating outside.

Shortly after a passerby asked him if he had a lighter. The man responded by wrapping his arm around the 32-year-old woman and holding a pair of scissors to her.

Police say the woman sustained minor injuries.

The man has been charged with uttering threats, assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon. Police say there is no indication whetherthe manwas intoxicated by drugs or alcohol or how he arrived at the hospital.