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A 28-year-old double amputee’s throat was slashed and he was stabbed in the chest early Wednesday in a fight with another amputee outside the Embassy Hotel and Suites.

Police said two men, both Libyans, were in Ottawa for prosthetics treatment. Police said they were called at around 1:20 a.m. to the hotel at 25 Cartier St.

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They said the victim was fighting with an acquaintance before he was stabbed. A 21-year-old man was arrested two hours later and police said there were no additional suspects.

Police said the victim was initially in critical condition when he was taken to hospital. They credited quick response by paramedics and treatment in hospital for the man’s condition later improving to stable.

In the morning, a blood stain was still visible on the brick sidewalk, with blood splatters on the wall just under the hotel sign. A mobility scooter stood on the pavement outside the hotel, covered in a yellow tarp, its wire basket a few feet away.