Qld: Man charged over stabbing

AAP General News (Australia)
08-29-2006
Qld: Man charged over stabbing

A 35-year-old man's been arrested over a stabbing at a Sunshine Coast hotel in south-east
Queensland last night.

Police say a 37-year-old man was stabbed several times in the stomach and back at a
Kings Beach hotel .. in an apparent unprovoked attack.

Police say the knife narrowly missed puncturing the man's stomach .. and he's expected
to be out of hospital today.

The arrested man will appear in Maroochydore Magistrates Court today .. charged with
unlawful wounding .. assault occasioning bodily harm .. and break and enter.

AAP RTV lc/maur/jmt

KEYWORD: STAB (BRISBANE)

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