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Police: Butler Woman Stabbed By Man Who Asked For Cigarette

SUMMIT TWP. (KDKA) -- A woman is recovering after being stabbed in Butler County.

It happened late Friday night on Rustic Ridge Road in Summit Township.

The 32-year-old victim told police that she was sitting on her front porch when a man she didn't know approached her and asked for a cigarette.

When she informed him that she didn't smoke, the man became angry and told her she should smoke, before lunging at her and stabbing her in the abdomen with a sharp object.

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The victim was taken to UPMC Presbyterian and is expected to recover.

Police are searching for the man who attacked her.

He is described as a white male in his 30s, standing 5'8''. He had brown, shaggy hair and a brown goatee. He was wearing a dark hoodie, faded jeans and tan/brown boots.

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