Police in Stoughton, Wisconsin – which is just southeast of Madison – say a Vikings fan living amongst the green and gold was stabbed multiple times over a Vikings display he had in his yard.
According to the police department, the incident happened Sunday around 7:15 p.m.
Police were called to the 700 Block of S. VanBuren Street and found a 36-year-old man with multiple lacerations.
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The victim told WISC-TV he went outside of his home to find another man “slicing” up an inflatable Vikings display in his yard.
So the man confronted the 21-year-old vandal.
That’s when the 21-year-old apparently cut the 36-year-old with a “box cutter type knife.”
The Forum says the Vikings fan was cut seven times.
The victim was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. And the suspect was arrested at the scene and booked on charges of first degree reckless endangerment and criminal damage to property, police say.
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That hasn’t damaged the Vikings fan’s pride, though.
He tells WISC-TV his inflatable display “is going to get a little piece of Vikings duct tape put on there and it’s going to be blown up every day of the week from now on.”
A Vikings spokesman told GoMN the team has invited the victim to join them at a practice and attend the Vikings-Cardinals game on Nov. 20 at U.S. Bank Stadium.
The incident is still under investigation.
