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No link identified between stabbing victim and suspect in Nanaimo: RCMP
NANAIMO, B.C. – RCMP are investigating a stabbing near a crab dock in downtown Nanaimo that has put a woman in hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The Mounties say in a release that emergency responders found the 30-year-old woman lying on the ground on Wednesday night.
They say there was a young man nearby being restrained by several bystanders.
A 17-year-old suspect has been taken into custody.
Const. Gary O’Brien says in the statement that investigators have not identified a relationship between the victim and suspect.
He says without the help of bystanders, the woman may not have survived.
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