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25/04/2005
Two stabbed in separate weekend attacks
Police at Strandtown are appealing for witnesses following a stabbing incident in the Albertbridge road area of east Belfast on Sunday.
Around 5pm several men entered a house and stabbed the 59-year-old occupant at least three times in the chest. The man, whose injuries are not believed to be life threatening, was taken to hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, police have arrested two men following a robbery in the Carrick Hill area of north Belfast on Saturday.
At approximately 1.45am, police received a report of a male having been stabbed at the junction of Stephen Street and Library Street.
It is believed that three men aged in their late teens, one of whom was the man stabbed, were robbed at knife-point by two men. The men also took the victims' mobile phones.
The injured man was taken to hospital with stab wounds, his wounds are not thought to be life threatening.
It is understood that two men arrested at the scene are helping police with their enquiries.
Police said that two knives and three mobile phones had been recovered and enquiries are "ongoing".
Anyone with information on either attack is asked to contact police on 028 9065 0222 or Crimestoppers 0800 555111.
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Around 5pm several men entered a house and stabbed the 59-year-old occupant at least three times in the chest. The man, whose injuries are not believed to be life threatening, was taken to hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, police have arrested two men following a robbery in the Carrick Hill area of north Belfast on Saturday.
At approximately 1.45am, police received a report of a male having been stabbed at the junction of Stephen Street and Library Street.
It is believed that three men aged in their late teens, one of whom was the man stabbed, were robbed at knife-point by two men. The men also took the victims' mobile phones.
The injured man was taken to hospital with stab wounds, his wounds are not thought to be life threatening.
It is understood that two men arrested at the scene are helping police with their enquiries.
Police said that two knives and three mobile phones had been recovered and enquiries are "ongoing".
Anyone with information on either attack is asked to contact police on 028 9065 0222 or Crimestoppers 0800 555111.
(MB/SP)
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