A 40-year-old Spey­side man re­mains in sta­ble con­di­tion at the Scar­bor­ough Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal af­ter a knife at­tack on Sat­ur­day night left him with a gap­ing wound to the ab­domen and his in­ter­nal or­gans ex­posed.

Po­lice said Aloy Crooks was se­vere­ly stabbed dur­ing an al­ter­ca­tion along Main Road, Spey­side, around 10.45pm. He was first tak­en to Rox­bor­ough Hos­pi­tal be­fore be­ing trans­ferred to Scar­bor­ough Gen­er­al for emer­gency treat­ment. His younger broth­er, 37-year-old Day­lon Crooks, was al­so in­jured, hav­ing been stabbed un­der his left armpit.

Ac­cord­ing to re­ports, a 49-year-old sus­pect had been lim­ing with a friend when a man known as “Lee­beck” ap­proached and slapped him. The sus­pect slapped him back, prompt­ing the man to leave. Short­ly af­ter­wards, the Crooks broth­ers al­leged­ly be­gan throw­ing bot­tles at the sus­pect. He re­port­ed­ly re­tal­i­at­ed by draw­ing a knife and stab­bing both men.