A man who was stabbed in the hand and face in Point Pleasant Park early Saturday morning has been charged in connection with the incident.

Halifax Regional Police said the 27-year-old man is in custody and is facing charges of forcible confinement, theft and assault.

Police initially also took a 25-year-old woman into custody after the stabbing in the south-end Halifax park, but she was later released.

Staff Sgt. Greg Robertson said the man and woman were camping in the park and when the woman tried to leave, the man prevented her from going.

The man choked the woman, who then stabbed him. Robertson said he didn't know what object she used to stab the man.

The man also took her cellphone, leading to the theft charge.

The woman ran away from the tent, and both the woman and man called police around 2:20 a.m.

Both were treated in hospital for injuries.

Robertson said the woman is not facing charges for the stabbing.

"In the course of being confined and trying to flee, whatever action she took at that time, once the investigation was complete, were deemed justified," he said.

The man has a bail hearing set for Sunday.

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