Stabbing results in attempted murder charge

An RCMP vehicle with its lights on. (Healey photo)

MIDDLE SACKVILLE: A 41-year-old Lower Sackville man is facing attempted murder charges following a stabbing on Saturday night in Middle Sackville.

RCMP say that at approximately 6:10 p.m., Halifax District RCMP responded to a report of a stabbing at a home on Sackville Dr.

“Officers learned that a man, armed with a knife, had attacked another man known to him,” said spokesman Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay with Halifax District RCMP.

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Cpl. Tremblay said the victim, a 51-year-old Middle Sackville man, suffered life threatening injuries.

He was transported to hospital by EHS.

A 41-year-old Lower Sackville man was arrested at the scene as he was attempting to flee.

Troy Lyndon Faye, 41, has been charged with Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault and Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose.

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Faye has been remanded in custody and will appear in Dartmouth Provincial Court on November 14.

The investigation continues and is led by the Special Investigations Section of the RCMP/HRP Integrated Criminal Investigation Division.

File #: 23-138241