Nova Scotia

Man arrested after stabbing in downtown Dartmouth

A man was arrested Friday night after allegedly stabbing another man in downtown Dartmouth. Just before 10 p.m., Halifax Regional Police responded to 60 Alderney Drive in response to a group of people fighting in the area outside the Alderney Gate Public Library.

Victim sent to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries

The side of a Halifax Regional Police vehicle.
A man was arrested at the scene for aggravated assault. (Robert Short/CBC)

A man was arrested Friday night after allegedly stabbing another man in downtown Dartmouth.

Just before 10 p.m., Halifax Regional Police responded to 60 Alderney Drive in response to a group of people fighting in the area outside the Alderney Gate Public Library.

Several officers arrived and found a man who had been stabbed and needed medical treatment.

He was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Patrol officers arrested a man at the scene for aggravated assault.

The investigation is in its early stages.