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“The guard was able to pin him against a wall and at the same time a third guard was trying to call 911,” Lane said.

While on the phone with the dispatcher, one guard flagged down a passing Ottawa police cruiser. Less than a minute later, more cruisers arrived on scene and took over the investigation.

Paramedics said the victim was in serous but stable condition.

Lane is applauding the guards’ efforts, which he said prevented the incident from getting worse.

“I told them they did a great job. I believe he saved his life. When someone’s going after someone like that with a weapon it can get pretty serious, pretty quick,” said Lane, adding one of his guards was still shaken from the attack.

On Tuesday, police charged a 17-year-old youth with assault with a weapon, aggravated assault, and breach of an undertaking.

The stabbing was one of two just hours apart in the same area.

Just after 1 a.m. Tuesday, police responded to Rideau and Nelson Streets in Lowertown for a double stabbing that sent two women in their 20s to hospital.

One woman was listed in critical condition after suffering four or five stab wounds in the chest, abdomen, and arm. The other was treated for a minor stab wound to her back, police said.

Police said they were searching for a black woman in her 20s woman who fled the scene. She was described as being between five feet three inches and five feet five inches tall, wearing a black jacket and black pants.

There was no indication the stabbings were related.