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21-year-old man used 2-foot sword to stab victim in New Hampshire city, police say

Gavin Brown (Manchester, NH Police Department)

MANCHESTER, N.H. — A 21-year-old local man is accused of stabbing another person with a 2-foot sword and cutting the victim’s hand in Manchester, police said Wednesday.

Gavin Brown of Manchester was arrested and charged with first degree assault with a deadly weapon following the stabbing on Monday, police said in a statement. He was placed on preventative detention pending his arraignment.

At approximately 2:50 p.m. Monday, police responded to a stabbing at a Hill Street home.

Officers spoke with the victim, who said Brown “had lunged at him with a 2 foot sword” and cut his hand, police said.

Brown then left the home. Officers later found him at the Burger King on Second Street.

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