Man slashed in the back outside downtown strip club

Posted Feb 1, 2017 04:30:52 AM.

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OTTAWA – One man has been taken to hospital with knife wounds following an altercation outside a downtown strip club.

Police were called to Queen Street, near Barbarella’s VIP Cabaret, around 10:50 p.m. Tuesday, where a 44-year-old man had been slashed in the lower back.

There is one man in custody.

Police say there is a gang connection, but not to the victim.

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