By Bill Lindelof
blindelof@sacbee.com
Nevada County deputies are investigating whether a man was stabbed with a samurai sword by himself or by someone else.
The mystery began at 9:30 a.m. Saturday when the sheriff's office received a call from a woman, reporting that a man had attempted suicide with a samurai sword.
Deputies responded to the 12000 block of Alta Sierra Drive between Lake of the Pines and Grass Valley where they spoke to residents at a home.
The residents told deputies they knew nothing about anyone harming themselves.
Since there was no indication of a crime or sign that someone had attempted suicide, the deputies left.
However, the sheriff's office later received a call from Sutter Roseville Medical Center about a man who was admitted for stab wounds to his abdomen. The man was undergoing surgery for his injuries, deputies said they were told.
Detectives from the major crimes unit went to the hospital to investigate.
The injured 26-year-old man, who was not identified by sheriff's office, claimed that the wounds were not self-inflicted, but were accidental, detectives said.
Detectives re-interviewed the residents on Alta Sierra Drive and collected a samurai sword believed to have caused the wounds.
The incident remains under investigation.
Call The Bee's Bill Lindelof, (916) 321-1079.
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