Arrest after alleged stabbing

A man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing another person in the neck at a Dunedin boarding house yesterday evening.

A police spokeswoman said officers were called to the property in Leckhampton Court, Clyde Hill, shortly after 7pm to reports of a man with suspected stab wounds to his neck and shoulders.

He was taken to Dunedin Hospital by a St John ambulance in a moderate condition, the spokeswoman said.

One person was in custody after the incident.  A neighbour described the property as a halfway house.

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