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N.B. man charged following stabbing at a graduation party

The youth was transported to hospital, where he was treated for his injuries and released. Global News File

A 19-year-old man from northern New Brunswick has been charged following a stabbing at a graduation party in Chaplin Island, near Miramichi.

RCMP say they responded to the report of a disturbance on Chaplin Island Road Tuesday afternoon.

They say a 16-year-old boy had suffered from what appeared to be a stab wound.

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The youth was transported to hospital, where he was treated for his injuries and released.

Nineteen-year-old Ashton Ward of the Metepenagiag First Nation has been charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and two counts of failing to comply with conditions of probation.

Ward remains in custody and is scheduled to return to court for a bail hearing on Thursday.

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