Woman charged in stabbing
Northern News Services
At around 3 p.m. on March 8, Iqaluit RCMP officers responded to a stabbing at building 305C. A 33-year-old man was taken to Baffin Regional Hospital. He was admitted overnight and treated for a stab wound in his left forearm. Simatta Ningeok Kootoo, 42, has been charged with aggravated assault. She has been released from custody with conditions. She will next appear in front of the Nunavut Court of Justice on June 5. Police say the victim and the accused knew each other, but the incident was not "domestic related." On the afternoon of Feb. 7, a cabbie was stabbed more than five times while he waited in front of Northmart.
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