CLAREMONT, N.H. — Police in Claremont, N.H., believe a scuffle between two men over a Memorial Day flag sent both to the hospital with stab wounds.

Police say one man accused the other of knocking down a small flag that had been put up on Pleasant Street for the holiday.

The Eagle-Times reports police said the accusation escalated into a fight. Police responded to the scene Monday night.

Twenty-year-old Justin Hughes and 17-year-old Dakota Burns were hospitalized. They have since been released.

No arrests have been made.


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