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Suspect in custody after stabbing at Bay Roberts Dollarama

A 33-year-old woman was stabbed in the head and the leg, according to a witness to the stabbing. Police say a man has been taken into custody without incident.
Terry Roberts · CBC News ·
Dollarama at the Bay Roberts Mall was blocked by police tape, after a stabbing Tuesday morning. (Glenn Payette/CBC)

Police have confirmed a woman is in hospital after she was stabbed Tuesday morning at a shopping centre in Bay Roberts.

A 33-year-old woman was attacked with a knife at the Dollarama store inside the Bay Roberts Mall.

The woman was taken to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.

She was stabbed in the head and the leg, according to a witness to the attack.

RCMP say a 45-year-old man was taken into custody without incident following the stabbing.

According to police, the man and the woman were in a relationship.

A witness told CBC News a bystander tried to stop the alleged attacker, putting him in a headlock.

RCMP on scene at a reported stabbing incident at the Dollarama in the Bay Roberts Mall Tuesday morning. (Submitted)

The RCMP issued a news release at noon, saying they received a report of a stabbing at around 10:30 a.m.

There is no ongoing risk to the public, police said.

The man is set to appear in provincial court in Harbour Grace Wednesday.

With files from Glenn Payette

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