SOUTH SALT LAKE — A Salt Lake man currently awaiting trial on a murder charge is facing a new charge accusing him of assaulting another inmate while at the Salt Lake County Jail.

Nhial Mawut Buk, 20, was charged last week in 3rd District Court with assault by a prisoner, a third-degree felony.

On Aug. 9, Buk was observed punching another inmate in the face, according to charging documents. That started a fight between the two inmates who "continued to fight until they were sprayed with OC spray."

Buk is currently being held in jail on charges of murder and 13 counts of discharge of a firearm causing serious injury, first-degree felonies; obstruction of justice, a second-degree felony; and failing to stop for law enforcement, a class A misdemeanor.

On May 26, Salt Lake police were cal

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