National

Vancouver's Plaza Of Nations Behind Police Tape After Multiple Stabbing, 2 Men Arrested

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 01 Nov, 2016 09:51 AM

VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say they are investigating multiple stabbings at the Plaza of Nations near the east end of False Creek.

No information about the number of victims or their conditions has been provided.

Exclusive: @VancouverPD arrest 2 men at BBY General Hospital after multiple stabbing in Vancouver. Bags to protect evidence on their hands. pic.twitter.com/RMkyKw1fl2
— Nafeesa Karim (@nafeesakarim) November 1, 2016

Const. Jason Doucette issued a news release saying the investigation is ongoing.

Officers were called at about 2:30 a.m. to the scene in front of the Harbour Event Centre and an adjoining night club.

.@VancouverPD only calling this a "serious assault," say more info at 1030am media briefing. pic.twitter.com/U3DQKUBIPA
— Jordan Armstrong (@jarmstrongbc) November 1, 2016

Several pieces of evidence are visible, including a pile of what appears to be bloodied clothing, and the entire plaza remains behind police tape.

Doucette says more details could be offered at a news conference later this morning.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

CIBC To Repay $73 Million After Overcharging Clients For 14 Years

The bank will also pay $3 million to the Ontario Securities Commission toward its mandate of protecting investors, while a further payment of $50,000 will go to cover the costs of the investigation.

CIBC To Repay $73 Million After Overcharging Clients For 14 Years

Ontario Premier Calls Inmate's 52-month Segregation 'Extremely Disturbing'

Adam Capay was in isolation for 52 months at a Thunder Bay, Ont., jail, held in a Plexiglas cell with the lights on 24 hours a day.

Ontario Premier Calls Inmate's 52-month Segregation 'Extremely Disturbing'

Conjugal Visits Increase Public Safety, Help Offenders Reintegrate, Experts Say

Lee Chapelle has fond memories of spending afternoons with his wife in the mid-1990s, barbecuing in a small yard while his young children played in the grass and mimicked the cows' moos as the animals grazed in a nearby field.

Conjugal Visits Increase Public Safety, Help Offenders Reintegrate, Experts Say

Adults Shamed From Speaking Indigenous Languages Hold Key To Revival, Survival

Now, people who didn't learn their mother tongue from their parents are key to saving and revitalizing the languages, British Columbia researchers say.

Adults Shamed From Speaking Indigenous Languages Hold Key To Revival, Survival

Mechanical Problem On PM's Plane 'Rare': RCAF Says

An RCAF Airbus carrying Justin Trudeau turned around and returned to Ottawa Saturday night about half an hour after taking off.

Mechanical Problem On PM's Plane 'Rare': RCAF Says

Baby Jesus Statue To Remain Headless Until May Or June, Says Sudbury, Ont., Priest

A decapitated statue of baby Jesus outside a Catholic church in northern Ontario will remain headless this Christmas, as the church says it will be months before the head can be reattached.