Two People Hospitalised Follow Knife Fight In Adelaide CBD
As knife-crime continues to rise
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Two men have been hospitalised following a knife fight in Adelaide’s CBD overnight.
According to police, the fight began at around 6:30PM on Tuesday evening in Whitmore Square when a verbal altercation escalated into a knife fight.
Emergency services arrived on scene where they found two men suffering from minor knife wounds.
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The pair were transported to Royal Adelaide Hospital for further treatment.
Police later arrested a 52-year-old Hectorville man and charged him with carrying an offensive weapon and aggravated assault causing harm.
The 52-year-old is set to face court later today.
According to police, the two men were known to each other.
The latest attack follows a rise in knife-related violence across Adelaide after two other people were stabbed in separate incidents back in May.
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