Police in Halifax have charged a man in relation to a stabbing in the city’s south end on Monday night.
At around 7:30 p.m., Halifax Regional Police (HRP) were called to the 1800 block of Barrington Street for a report of an injured person.
“Officers located a 47-year-old man who had been stabbed by another man who was known to him,” HRP wrote in a news release on Tuesday.
“The suspect had fled the area on foot prior to police arrival.”
The victim was taken to hospital with what police described as non-life-threatening injuries.
HRP said the suspect was arrested Tuesday morning at 9 a.m.
Malcolm Edson Haggerty, 41, is scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court later in the day on charges of aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon dangerous to the public.