Qld: Man charged after Charters Towers killing

AAP General News (Australia)
12-26-2008
Qld: Man charged after Charters Towers killing

BRISBANE, Dec 26 AAP -A 46-year-old man has been charged with murder after an alleged
stabbing on Christmas Day in Charters Towers, west of Townsville.

Police went a residence in the north Queensland town about 3am on Thursday in response
to reports that a man had been stabbed.

The victim, believed to be in his thirties, was taken by ambulance to the Charters
Towers Hospital but was found to be dead on arrival.

The accused will appear in Townsville Magistrates Court on Friday morning.

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