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RCMP bust two suspects for Gilbert Plains stabbing that sent victim to hospital

RCMP Dauphin detachment. RCMP

A 36-year-old man is in hospital in stable condition after a Tuesday night stabbing in Gilbert Plains.

Dauphin RCMP said two men knocked on the victim’s front door, and he was assaulted and stabbed when he answered.

The suspects grabbed a small amount of cannabis from a table inside the home and fled in a vehicle.

Police found the vehicle park on Hwy. 5, west of Grandview, and arrested both suspects after a brief struggle.

Roger Keshane, 21, of Gilbert Plains, faces charges of breaking and entering, aggravated assault, robbery with a weapon, resisting arrest, uttering threats, failing to comply with probation and three counts of failing to comply with conditions.

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A 17-year-old boy, also from Gilbert Plains, has been charged with breaking and entering, robbery, aggravated assault, resisting arrest, and two counts of failing to comply with conditions.

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RCMP said they’re still investigating, but that the suspects and victims were known to each other, and there was never a danger to the public.

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