“It’s tragic”: Teen in life-threatening condition after stabbing at Dartmouth fair
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An 18-year-old man is in hospital with what police name life-threatening accidents after being stabbed at a Dartmouth honest Friday night.
Police have been known as to the East Coast Amusements honest at 214 Important St. round 7:30 p.m., in response to a information launch issued by Halifax Regional Police.
The teenager was taken to hospital.
Nathan Smithers, common supervisor of East Coast Amusements, was on the fairgrounds when the stabbing occurred.
Smithers believes the stabbing was finished in self-defense. He got here to the conclusion after talking to prospects and firm workers who have been on the scene. They stated the one who did the stabbing was swarmed by a gaggle of younger folks.
“They got here searching for the one who did the stabbing,” Smithers stated. “They have been beating on him and he pulled a knife and stabbed him. He fought again.”
Smithers by no means witnessed the stabbing. He stated he was about 300 toes away from the scene of the assault on the fairgrounds. He was monitoring the doorway of the occasion when he acquired a name on his radio that somebody had been stabbed.
Inside a minute or so a number of police autos arrived, he stated. Moments earlier than, youngsters have been operating out of the fairgrounds space, crossing Caledonia Drive, which runs adjoining to the amusement park.
He adopted the officers to the injured teenager who was mendacity on the bottom. He stated there have been about 10 different younger males close to the sufferer. It didn’t seem that the one who had finished the stabbing was nonetheless on the scene, he stated.
A health care provider had been attending to the injured man. The physician was on the occasion together with his youngsters and instantly went to assist the sufferer, Smithers stated. It took 15 to twenty minutes for an ambulance to reach, stated Smithers.
The honest reopened at round midday Saturday. It’s scheduled to be held once more on the location subsequent weekend. The corporate says it would have off-duty law enforcement officials there offering safety. That is the fourth time the location has hosted the amusement park and up till now there have been no points with violence, stated Smithers.
“This blew me away,” Smithers stated. “I by no means noticed something like this earlier than. It is tragic, positively not what we would like as a result of we’re right here to supply some leisure for teenagers and households.”
Anybody with data in relation to this incident is requested to name police at 902-490-5020. Nameless ideas may be despatched to Crime Stoppers by calling toll-free 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submitting a safe internet tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca or through the use of the P3 Suggestions app.
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