Nova Scotia

Woman charged after allegedly stabbing another woman early Sunday morning

Police have charged a 39-year-old woman after a couple of disturbances on Kempt Road early Sunday morning left a 25-year-old woman with stab wounds.

Woman, 25, is in hospital with non-life-threatening stab wounds

Police say a 25-year-old woman was stabbed in the McDonald's parking lot early Sunday morning. (Emma Davie/CBC)

Halifax police have charged a 39-year-old woman with assault causing bodily harm and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose after another woman was stabbed early Sunday morning on Kempt Road.

The victim, 25, is in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

They have released few details about the incident and it is not clear exactly what happened. 

Officers were called to an altercation between vehicles and pedestrians in a McDonald's parking lot at around 1:30 a.m., police said in a news release Sunday morning.

A short time later, the woman showed up at the QEII Health Sciences Centre with stab wounds.

Police say there was also another disturbance at a business in the 3200 block of Kempt Road, but did not say what kind of disturbance or if the two were connected.

Two men and two women were taken into police custody. A 39-year-old woman was charged and the other three were released without charges, police said in a news release late Sunday night.

The woman was released on conditions and is expected to appear in Halifax provincial court on Aug. 20.