Unidentified male in custody following downtown stabbing, victim with non-life-threatening injuries

By Medicine Hat News on October 25, 2024.

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Medicine Hat police have arrested a 34-year-old man after a reported stabbing downtown on Wednesday.

The unidentified man is in custody and charged with assault with a weapon causing bodily harm, according to a release Thursday morning.

It states that officers were called to the area of First Street SE and Sixth Avenue where they located a male with “non-life-threatening” injuries and transported him to hospital.

Police identified a suspect who had fled but was arrested a short time later.

MHPS Major Crimes officers also reportedly located a weapon in the area.

The suspect is currently in custody awaiting a bail hearing.

No individuals facing such a charge were on the appearance list at Thursday’s session of docket court at Court of Justice.

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