ONE of two victims of a stabbing on Burke Street last week remain in medical care following major lacerations. Wangaratta detectives investigated the incident which took place Tuesday, January 7 around 8:30pm. Detective Senior Constable James Howarth said a man and a woman both, aged in their 30s from Wangaratta, obtained stab wounds from an unknown offender with a knife. “The male received lacerations to the head and the female received a deep laceration to the left wrist down to the bone,” he said. Det Sen Const Howarth said the woman was taken to a Melbourne hospital to undergo surgery and the male received treatment at Wangaratta Hospital. Det Sen Const Howarth said while Investigations into the identification of the attacker remain ongoing, it was believed to be a targeted attack and the community were not at risk.
