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Halifax man charged in connection with Cow Bay stabbing

Staff move flags to the half-mast at Halifax Regional Police's Headquarters on Gottingen Street in Halifax, N.S., on April 20, 2020. Alexander Quon/Global News

A 35-year-old man from Halifax is facing charges in connection with a stabbing in Cow Bay, N.S., on Saturday.

Nova Scotia RCMP say they were called to the stabbing along Cow Bay Road at around 5:20 p.m.

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Police say officers arrived to find a 31-year-old man from Dartmouth outside a home with a stab wound to his arm.

He was taken to hospital for treatment. Police say no one else was injured.

Eric Roger Latham was arrested a short time later in the woods nearby.

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Latham is facing charges of aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

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