16/05/2013

Man Stabbed In Pharmacy Fight

A man was rushed to hospital with stab wounds after a fight in a Dublin pharmacy on Wednesday evening, the Irish Independent has reported.

It is understood a man, said to be in his 40s suffered stab wounds to his abdomen and arms when a fight broke out in Hickey’s Pharmacy in Phibsboro Shopping Centre.

He was taken to the nearby Mater Hospital, were his injuries are not thought to the life threatening, according to the Irish Independent.

A second man was arrested at the pharmacy, and a number of surrounding shops closed while the area was sealed for a technical examination.

(MH/IT)


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