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16-year-old Montreal boy stabbed in group assault in public pool parking lot

The Montreal Police logo is seen on a police car in Montreal on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson The Montreal Police logo is seen on a police car in Montreal on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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A 16-year-old boy was rushed to hospital after being stabbed in the parking lot of a public pool in Montreal's Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension borough. 

Montreal police (SPVM) received a call at around 6:40 p.m. Friday to report the stabbing near the pool on Ball Ave. 

Officers say the boy was injured in the upper body while he was assaulted by a group of people, who fled before police arrived

Police set up a perimeter at the scene while investigators try to uncover further details on the incident.

The boy was taken to the hospital.

"The victim, age of 16 is out of danger at the hospital," said SPVM spokesperson Jean-Pierre Brabant on Saturday morning.

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