HALIFAX - Police in Halifax say a 21-year-old man was taken to hospital following a stabbing incident.

Police say officers found the man walking along the Irishtown Road in Dartmouth around 2:15 a.m. today.

He was taken to hospital for treatment of two wounds that were described as non-life threatening.

Police say the man was stabbed during an altercation near an automated banking machine along the 100 block of Portland Street.

Police continue to investigate.