HAMPTON, N.H. (WHDH) - A New Hampshire man is facing assault charges after police say he attacked a victim in Hampton early Monday morning, leaving them with a laceration to the throat.

Officers responding to a disturbance on H Street around 1:30 a.m. found the victim of the assault and were able to identify the suspect as 40-year-old Norman Howard, of Hampton, according to Manchester police.

Police located Howard at 21 F St., where he was placed under arrest without incident.

The victim was transported to the Seabrook Hospital emergency room.

Howard was ordered held without bail at the Rockingham County Jail pending his arraignment on a charge of first-degree assault for knowingly causing bodily injury by means of a deadly weapon.

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