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Montreal police make arrest after man stabbed in early morning fight

Montreal police are encouraging people to make transactions arranged online at special zones outside police stations which are filmed by security cameras. Mario Beauregard/The Canadian Press

Montreal police arrested a man in connection with a stabbing in the city’s east end that sent another man to hospital early Monday.

Police were called around 3:20 a.m. about a fight that developed between a group of people at the intersection of Ontario and Nicolet streets in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve area.

The victim, a 33-year-old man, was taken to hospital with injuries to his lower body. His life is not in danger, according to police.

A 22-year-old man was arrested at the scene.

A safety perimeter was erected in the area as investigators work to determine what happened.

An investigation is underway.

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