New Bedford Police are investigating a stabbing that took place on Nye St.

Detective Capt. Steven Vicente says a 33-year-old man who lives at 20 Nye St. was stabbed in the rib area and back by a former tenant of the building.

The victim retaliated by striking the 47-year-old former tenant with a baseball bat.

Vicente says the 33-year-old man was taken to St. Luke's Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The 47-year-old former tenant sustained head injuries and a broken arm and was taken to Rhode Island Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Vicente says there isn't a known motive at this time and the incident remains under investigation.

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