12/10/2010

Victim 'Critical' After Belfast Knife Attack

Two men, aged 25 and 18, have been arrested after a man was stabbed in Belfast city centre on Monday evening.

The attack is understood to have happened on Royal Avenue at about 6.15pm. The victim has been taken to hospital, where his condition was at first believed to be serious, but has since been updated to him being in a critical condition.

Meanwhile, a 20-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a separate stabbing in Belfast on Sunday.

The 23-year-old victim was wounded in the abdomen during an attack in Charleville Street in the city. He remains in hospital in a stable condition.

Another man, aged 26, who was also arrested, has been released on bail pending further inquiries.

The accused man is expected to appear before Belfast Magistrates Court on Tuesday morning.

(BMcC/KMcA)

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