Stabbing victim did not know alleged attacker
A MAN has been charged with unlawful wounding after a stabbing incident in a Gladstone street overnight.
An 18-year-old man was standing in Yarroon Street about 2.15am when another man approached him and stabbed him with a knife once to lower abdomen.
The teen received a puncture wound during the alleged assault outside a licensed premises.
Security staff from a nearby hotel restrained the armed man until police arrived.
The victim was taken to Gladstone Hospital for treatment to a non-life threatening injury.
Investigations indicate the two men were not known to each other.
An 18-year-old Kin Kora man has been charged with one count of unlawful wounding.
He is expected to appear in the Gladstone Magistrates Court on Monday.
