New Germany woman facing charges after man stabbed in back

A 23-year-old woman from New Germany, N.S., has been arrested in connection with a stabbing early Sunday morning.

Lunenburg County District RCMP say they were called to a report of an injured man inside a home just after 3 a.m.

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Officers arrived to find the victim, a 28-year-old man from Cambridge, N.S., inside the home with a stab wound to his upper back.

It was there police say they learned the victim was allegedly stabbed by a woman he knew. He was taken to hospital from the scene with non-life-threatening injuries.

No one else was hurt.

The woman, whose identity has not been released, was later arrested at a nearby home and remains in custody.

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Police are asking anyone with information on the stabbing to come forward.