Teen arrested after stabbing

A teenager has been arrested following a weekend stabbing in Geneva’s Plainpalais district.

Police say the attack was last Sunday evening on Avenue Henri-Dunant.

A man in his thirties was injured with a sharp object and taken to hospital, but his life is not in danger.

The 16-year-old suspect was quickly apprehended. 

The case is now being handled by the Juvenile Court, which has not commented further.

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