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Suspect arrested after alleged stabbing in Dawson Creek Monday

One man has been taking into police custody after an alleged stabbing Monday morning in Dawson Creek.

Mounties were called to the 9,300 block of 8th Street just after 7am. A neighbour told police someone had been stabbed and the suspect fled the scene down an alley.

Eight minutes after the call, officers arrested a man at the intersection of 8th Street and 100 A Avenue.

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

The suspect is well known to police but cannot be named until formal charges have been sworn. He remains in police custody as the investigation continues.