Man Stabbed After Confronting Burglar

GARDAÍ have arrested a man following an earlymorning burglary at a city house in which an elderly man suffered two stab wounds.The incident occurred at around 5am on Monday,when an intruder forced his way into a house at Lus Leanna on the Headford Road. The house owner — a man in hismid-sixties — awoke to find a man forcing open the front door of his home.He managed to raise the alarm but the intruder, who was wielding a knife, had bythen forced open the door and entered the house. In the incident which followed, the house owner suffered stab wounds to his chest and wrist before the intruder left empty handed.Gardaí from Galway Garda Station were on the scene within minutes, and in a follow up search of the area, they arrested a man in his early 20s in connection with the incident. He was subsequently brought to Galway Garda Station on Mill Street for questioning under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, where he can be held for up to 24 hours. The victim of the crime was removed to University Hospital Galway where he was treated yesterday for his injuries, which are understood not to be life threatening.Meanwhile, city householders have beenwarned not to be leaving significant amounts of cash in their homes, following a spate of burglaries over the past 10 days....Anyone with information contact Mill St. Gardai 091-538000