Nanaimo RCMP are recommending multiple charges, including attempted murder, in relation to a double stabbing on Saturday night.
Mounties said two people in their 60s were taken to hospital with multiple, serious stab wounds after being attacked in their home around 7:15 p.m.
The suspect, a man in his early 20s, was known to the victims, police said.
Investigators were able to track him to a home on Boundary Crescent where he was taken into custody without incident, police said.
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He remained in custody on Sunday.
RCMP said the stabbing was believed to be an isolated incident.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345.