One woman was injured.
A man has been arrested and a woman has been injured in an aggravated burglary in Co Kildare.
A man armed with what's believed to be a knife entered a house in Athy at around 5 o'clock on Thursday morning.
The occupants woke up, and confronted the man, who injured a woman living in the house while he tried to escape.
She received medical treatment at the scene.
Gardai searched the area and surrounding properties, and arrested a man.
He's being questioned at Kildare Town garda station.
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