A 40-year-old Halifax man is facing an attempted murder charge after an assault involving a hatchet in the city’s north end.
Halifax Regional Police say they responded to a physical altercation in an apartment building in the 2300-block of Gottingen Street around 12:20 a.m. Thursday morning.
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When police arrived, they located the 36-year-old victim with non-life threatening injuries inside an apartment.
Police say those injures were caused by a hatchet.
The male suspect, who lives in the same apartment building as the victim, was arrested and charged of attempted murder, assault with a weapon and mischief.
Police say the two men know each other.
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