Youth charged with double stabbing in Kitchener
Waterloo regional police investigating at King Street West and Green Street in Kitchener on Dec. 1, 2022. (Stephanie Villella/CTV Kitchener)
Waterloo regional police say a youth is facing weapons charges after two people were stabbed Thursday night in Kitchener.
Around 5:40 p.m., they warned of an increased police presence in the area of King Street West and Green Street near Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School (KCI).
Police say they found two people with stab wounds at the scene.
One of them was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries while the other was transported to a hospital outside the region with serious, but not life-threatening, injuries.
Police say a youth from Kitchener has been charged with weapons dangerous, aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, and failure to comply with a judicial release order. They are being held for a bail hearing.
Police added that the accused and victims are “believed to be known to one another.”
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