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Newark South Ward Robbery Ends in Stabbing

Newark

Police in Newark are looking for a suspect responsible for a stabbing that sent a person to the hospital in the city's South Ward on Thursday morning. 

According to police, at approximately 12:25 a.m., police were alerted of an armed robbery in progress near 921 Bergen Street. 

When officers arrived, they found an unidentified person suffering a stab injury at that location. 

Police say the victim reported that a male suspect produced a weapon then demanded personal possessions before going on the attack. 

The victim was treated at Univesity Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries while police searched the area for the assailant. 

The incident remains under investigation. 

 

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