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RCMP investigating after 2 youth stabbed near Burnaby high school

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Two young people hospitalized after Burnaby stabbing attack
Burnaby RCMP are investigating a stabbing that sent two young people to hospital – Feb 3, 2021

Burnaby RCMP are investigating after two youth were hospitalized for stabbings near a local high school.

Police were called to Howard Avenue and Hastings Street, a few blocks from Burnaby North Secondary School around 12:40 p.m. Wednesday.

They arrived to find one victim with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, while the other suffered what police described as “defensive wounds.”

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Burnaby RCMP need public’s help identifying suspects

Video from the scene showed a paramedic treating wounds on one of the victim’s backs.

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Police said no suspect was in custody, and could not immediately confirm whether the victims were students at the high school.

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