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One jailed in East Exchange stabbing that put 50-year-old in hospital

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One man is in hospital and another is behind bars after a stabbing in the east Exchange District Monday afternoon.

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Winnipeg police said the 50-year-old victim was working security when the suspect allegedly jumped over a counter and crossed a protective glass barrier.

The business was an EIA office on Rorie Street.

The victim asked the suspect to leave, at which point the suspect pulled a knife and stabbed the victim in the upper body.

The victim was taken to hospital in unstable condition, since upgraded to stable.

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Louis-Nicolas Lamoureux-Gagne, 47, has been charged with aggravated assault and possessing a weapon, and has been detained at the Winnipeg Remand Centre.

Correction: An earlier version of this story identified a different business as the location for the incident. That error has been fixed.

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