Teenage girl facing assault charge for stabbing teenage boy in Peterborough

Police were called to church parking lot at noon on Thursday after reports of a disturbance involving a large group of youth

Peterborough police car. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

A teenage girl is facing an assault charge for allegedly stabbing a teenage boy in Peterborough early Thursday afternoon (March 7).

At around noon on Thursday, police officers were called to the parking lot of St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church at Hilliard Street and St. Pauls Street after reports of a disturbance involving a large group of youth.

Upon arriving at the scene, officers learned that a 15-year-old boy had been stabbed.

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The boy was taken to Peterborough Regional Health Centre with non-life threatening injuries.

After an investigation, police arrested and charged a 15-year-old Peterborough girl with aggravated assault.

The accused teen was released on an undertaking and is scheduled to appear in court on March 25.