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Man Stabbed In Thornbury

A Blue Mountains man is facing charges after another man was stabbed in the Town of Thornbury.

The Ontario Provincial Police say on September 27 around 1pm,  officers responded to a home Victoria St. S, after an argument between two men led to one of them being stabbed with an edged weapon.

A 44-year-old man from the Blue Mountains was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

As a result of the incident, a 26-year-old man, also from the Blue Mountains, has been charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, and failing to comply with a probation order.

Anyone with further information regarding this incident is asked to call the OPP at (705)-445-4321 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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