Dartmouth man facing attempted murder charges after double stabbing
Posted Dec 29, 2015 07:19:46 AM.
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DARTMOUTH – A Dartmouth man faces multiple charges including two counts of attempted murder, after a double stabbing that sent two people to hospital early Monday morning.
Halifax Regional Police were called to Portland Street near Prince Street in Dartmouth around 2:20 a.m.,where they found a man, 52, with stab wounds to his neck. Police later found a second victim with wounds to his torso.
Both victims were treated at Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax and later released.
Anthony Purvis, 34, is charged with two counts of attempted murder, aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and possession of a dangerous weapon.
Purvis is on remand at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional facility in Dartmouth and will appear in Provincial Court Tuesday morning.
