A man is facing charges in connection with a pair of stabbings in downtown Halifax early Monday morning.
Police say a man approached a group of people in the 1200 block of Barrington Street and stabbed two men he didn’t know.
Officers were called to the scene around 4:10 a.m. and arrested the suspect.
The two men were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Austin Blake, 24, was due in Halifax provincial court Tuesday to face charges of:
- attempted murder
- aggravated assault
- assault causing bodily harm
- possessio n of a weapon dangerous to the public peace