Man arrested after knife attack near Wallace Marine Park

Salem police arrested a man on Tuesday who is accused of attacking a man with a knife near Wallace Marine Park last week.

The victim was walking near the entrance to the park around 3 a.m. on Aug. 3, when he said a man wielding a knife struck him in the face and stole his backpack, according to court records. 

The victim told officers he thought he’d only been punched, before realizing the attacker was…