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A weekend argument on a Brisbane footpath allegedly ended with a man being stabbed in the neck with kitchen cutlery.The victim was reportedly sitting on the side of Mallon Street in Bowen Hills about 10.30pm on Saturday when he was approached by an older man he didn’t know.The duo began arguing, before a fork was allegedly pulled and plunged into the younger man’s neck.Police were called to the scene and arrested a 33-year-old man. He was charged with intending to cause grievous bodily harm and common assault.He is due to appear at Brisbane Magistrates Court on November 3.The 28-year-old victim was taken to Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital in a stable condition.Latest postsLatest postsThe premier has promised new electric bike rules, days after two boys were killed in separate crashes.An eight-year-old died on the Sunshine Coast on Thursday, and a 15-year-old boy died two days later on the Gold Coast.Loading“I’m genuinely sad for what’s happened,” Premier David Crisafulli said from Townsville yesterday. “We are taking this so seriously … change is coming.”He confirmed his government would act on recommendations handed down by the parliamentary inquiry into e-bikes and e-scooters, which was due to make its findings public by March.“We are going to have laws that deal with this,” Crisafulli said.“When we get that report we are going to act on it and we are going to make the changes that have been put in the too-hard-basket for the last 10 years.“We owe it to families, we owe it to people who just want to go about their business and be safe.”He added the state would work with federal authorities on new import rules, to limit the sale of overpowered or otherwise unsafe vehicles.A weekend argument on a Brisbane footpath allegedly ended with a man being stabbed in the neck with kitchen cutlery.The victim was reportedly sitting on the side of Mallon Street in Bowen Hills about 10.30pm on Saturday when he was approached by an older man he didn’t know.The duo began arguing, before a fork was allegedly pulled and plunged into the younger man’s neck.Police were called to the scene and arrested a 33-year-old man. He was charged with intending to cause grievous bodily harm and common assault.He is due to appear at Brisbane Magistrates Court on November 3.The 28-year-old victim was taken to Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital in a stable condition.
