A man is facing charges after a stabbing in Halifax Tuesday night.

Halifax Regional Police responded to reports of an altercation in the 2000 block of Gottingen Street around 10:30 p.m.

Officers found a man at the scene who police say had been stabbed by another man he knew.

The victim was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The suspect, Carl Wendell Skeir, was arrested.

The 56-year-old was scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court Wednesday to face charges of:

  • aggravated assault
  • assault with a weapon
  • possess a weapon dangerous to public peace

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