A 15-year-old girl and a 19-year-old man are facing numerous charges including attempted murder after five people were injured in a stabbing spree at a Halloween frat house party near the downtown University of Toronto campus.

Police received a call just before midnight Thursday and said they found multiple people suffering from injuries at 22 Madison Ave., which is the address of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, near Bloor Street West and Spadina Road.

The two accused were denied entry into the party and forced their way in, police said in a news release Friday.

They were “slashing and stabbing the people inside, as well as outside as they were leaving,” police alleged.

Police said five people were injured, and one of the victims was in life-threatening condition.

Toronto paramedics had earlier reported that five people were taken to hospital and two were in life-threatening condition while the rest were in serious condition.

Police said they received reports of a fight at a “rowdy party” shortly before midnight on Thursday near Madison Avenue and Bloor Street.

The nearby Madison Avenue Pub said in a statement that its security staff contacted emergency services after a “severely injured individual” covered in blood sought help at the bar. The pub said it had nothing to do with the party.

A person who said he was Filip Kovacevic, current president of the frat, told the Star on the telephone that he had no comment.

Officers arrested a man within an hour of the stabbing and reported that a female suspect was arrested later Friday morning.

Jacob Alves, 19, of no fixed address, and a 15-year-old girl from Richmond Hill were each charged with three counts of aggravated assault, three counts of assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for dangerous purposes and attempted murder.

The teenager cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

Police said they’re still investigating and urging residents, businesses and drivers who may have security or dash camera footage of the incident to contact them.

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Mayor John Tory said the stabbing “was just incredibly disconcerting and very tragic for all those involved.”

“It’s one of those situations where it would almost be impossible to police it because you can’t possibly have a police officer stationed outside every Halloween party,” Tory told reporters Friday morning at an unrelated road safety campaign launch.

“But again, I am perplexed, I am disturbed by the fact that people seem to think — I don’t think they think it’s OK, but they seem to be prepared to engage in random acts of violence in the city, whether it’s using a knife or a gun or otherwise. We just have to put a stop to that. And the police I think are doing what they can.”

With files from Gilbert Ngabo, Ben Spurr and The Canadian Press

TY Tom Yun is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter: @thetomyun

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