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Victim stabbed ‘multiple times’ in teen violence incident in Dunbar

A Vancouver police officer vest is pictured on Dec. 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Vancouver police say a 16-year-old boy was injured and another teen was arrested after a stabbing in Dunbar on Saturday evening.

Officers were called to a “violent confrontation” on West 16th Avenue and Wallace Street around 8 p.m. on June 28.

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They arrived to find the victim, who “had been stabbed a number of times” with serious injuries. He is expected to survive.

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The suspect had left by the time police arrived, but officers later arrested him at his home.

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Investigators believe the two teens knew one another.

The suspect was released to his parents’ custody and is due back in court on Aug. 21.

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