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Bluffs man stabbed by garden trowel will recover

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June 18th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Police in Council Bluffs say a man stabbed with a garden trowel Monday evening suffered non-life threatening injuries, and is expected to make a full recovery. Officials say someone allegedly stabbed 21-year old James Augustine, of Council Bluffs, in the back and slashed his upper lip with the tool. The incident happened just before 6-p.m. inside a home at 18 North 34th Street.  Augustine was taken to Jennie Edmundson Hospital by Council Bluffs Rescue for treatment of his injuries.

Police say the person responsible fled the scene.  The victim’s uncle, 42-year old Kenneth Augustine, is a person of interest in the case. The incident remains under investigation.