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Police investigating Vancouver’s 18th homicide of 2021

A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer's uniform as she makes a phone call after responding to an unknown incident in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Vancouver police are investigating the city’s 18th homicide of the year after a man was killed Thursday morning in a stabbing.

Police responded to the Hazelwood Hotel in the Downtown Eastside around 9:30 a.m. after reports the man had been stabbed outside the building.

Fernand Regimbal, 52, was taken to the hospital but died from his injuries, the Vancouver Police Department said.

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No arrests have been made and policing are appealing to the public for any information on the incident.

The detachment’s homicide investigators can be reached at 604-717-2500.

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