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Fight turns into stabbing in Manitoulin

 One of the females was seen running down the street naked saying her throat had been cut
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Courtesy OPP.

A 24-year-old woman faces multiple charges, including assault with a weapon, after a stabbing on Manitoulin Island Thursday.

On the afternoon of August 22, Manitoulin OPP officers responded to a disturbance call at a home in the town of Mindemoya. 

The caller reported that two women screaming and yelling from an apartment. 

One of the women was seen running down the street naked saying her throat had been cut. 

When police arrived and spoke to the woman outside, she told police that she got into a fight with another female and was then stabbed in the neck and chin with a knife. 

Police located the other woman a short time afterward and arrested and charged her.

A 24-year-old female of no fixed address is charged with:

  • Assault with a weapon, 
  • Two counts of uttering threats - cause death or bodily harm - spousal 
  • Aggravated assault, 
  • Fail to comply with conditions of undertaking given by an officer in charge, and
  • Two counts of mischief under $5,000.

The OPP say they will not be releasing the name of the accused in order to protect the identity of the victim.