15/09/2014

Gardaí Appeal For Witnesses To Serious Knife Assault In Cork City

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to a knife attack in Cork city in the early hours of Sunday morning.

It is understood that a 38-year-old man was stabbed three times outside a house at Croaghtamore Square in Glasheen, in the southside of the city, at about 01:30 on Sunday.

One of the stab wounds pierced the man's heart.

He has undergone surgery at Cork University Hospital and is said to be in a serious but stable condition.

The scene has been preserved overnight to allow a forensic examination to be carried out today.

Witnesses to the incident or anyone who has any information is asked to contact Togher Gardaí Station.

(MH/CD)

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