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‘Serious assault’ in east end was stabbing, charges now laid: London, Ont. police

FILE PHOTO. Matthew Trevithick / Global News

London, Ont., police are releasing more information about a serious assault more than a week after the incident, now described as a stabbing, took place.

Police first reported on Feb. 18 that officers and paramedics were called around 3:30 a.m. that day to the 1100 block of Commissioners Road East to find a man who had been seriously injured.

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On Tuesday, police confirmed that the man has since been released from hospital and that the victim and accused “were known to each other.”

As well, police are describing the incident as a stabbing and say charges have been laid.

A 25-year-old London man is charged with aggravated assault and resisting arrest.

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