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Police are seeking public help to identify the assailant of a 17-year-old girl who had to be hospitalised after being stabbed in the front garden of a home in Shearwater Drive, Goonellabah on Sunday.

Police say the girl was stabbed in the stomach and neck four times by an attacker wielding a large knife.

She was taken to Lismore Base Hospital in a serious but stable condition.

Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page.

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