A man has been charged with attempted murder after a stab wound in Brampton, Ont., police say.
In a press release issued on Wednesday, Peel regional police said on January 15 around 1pm that the victim and suspect were in a common area of a residential building in the vicinity of Laurelcrest Street and Queen Street East.
Police say the two did not know each other.
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Officers allege the suspect stabbed the victim before leaving the building.
Peel paramedics told Global News they treated a man in his 50s with stab wounds to the neck.
According to police, the victim was transported to a trauma center with life-threatening injuries.
“His condition has since stabilized and his injuries are now considered non-life-threatening,” the release said.
Officials say the suspect was located at a nearby residence and was arrested.
Police say Hamilton’s 27-year-old Thain Bennett has been charged with attempted murder, and his statutory release has been revoked.
Officials say Bennett was detained pending a bail hearing and appeared in court Sunday.
– with a file from Global News’s Kabi Moulitharan
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