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Box-cutter attack inflicts ‘life-altering’ injuries in Garden Hill First Nation

Woman who was kicked out of a party returned and attacked three people.
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A Garden Hill First Nation woman is charged with assault after a box-cutter attack that injured three people.

A 33-year-old woman is charged with aggravated assault, making threats and weapon possession after an April 3 attack in Garden Hill First Nation in which three people were slashed with a box-cutter.

Island Lake RCMP were called to a report of three people being attacked and injured in Garden Hill shortly before 1 a.m. Officers went to the nursing station where a 39-year-old man, a 26-year-old woman and a 24-year-old woman were being treated for life-altering slash wounds.

Police learned that the victims had been at a party that the suspect had ben asked to leave. She left but came back armed with a box cutter and attacked the victims.

The 33-year-old woman faces three counts of aggravated assault, two counts of uttering threats and one count of possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose. She was released from custody and will appear in court in May.

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