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Friends have planned a candlelight vigil for a 23-year-old Vancouver nightclub promoter who died early Saturday after he tried to break up a fight.

Homicide investigators say that shortly before 2:30 a.m., a fight broke out inside the Cabana Lounge at 1159 Granville St. and then spilled onto the street. The victim was identified by Vancouver police as Kalwinder Thind, who was working at the club.

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Friends later identified him as Kris Thind and said he started working at Cabana as a promoter in the past month.

Thind stepped in to break up the fight, but was stabbed and later died in hospital, Sgt. Jason Robillard said in an email. Several people have been arrested and homicide investigators are trying to figure out what happened.

They are asking for anyone who witnessed the fight to call police at (604) 717-2500 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8478.

Cabana management did not return requests for comment before deadline. Ritesh Maisuria, one of Thind’s co-workers at the nightclub, said in a text message that Thind “was a great guy trying to do the right thing.”