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Two men were arrested after a bloody knife fight at Carleton University on Thursday.

Police said they were called to the school around 11:30 a.m. after receiving a report of an assault near the O-Train.

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Jordan Howran, a Peterborough native majoring in history at Carleton University, said he was sitting on the O-Train when he saw a fight break out.

“I’m from a small town so I don’t usually see that stuff, especially at 12 in the afternoon,” he said. “Crazy.”

Howran said a heavy-set man pulled a small knife on a thin man and stabbed his arm. When the first stabbing victim turned the knife on his attacker, the heavy-set man was then stabbed in the hand as he held onto the knife.

The heavy-set man ran to the O-Train with the knife and boarded in an attempt to escape the other suspect.

“He’s standing in the doorway claiming that the other guy has the knife,” Howran said.

However, Howran said the heavy-set man hid the knife in the front pouch of his hoodie just before the thin man boarded the train and stood in the doorway so the door wouldn’t close.

Howran said people were yelling at the two men to get off the train.

“There was blood everywhere,” Howran said.

When police arrived at the station, the thin man started to run away.

Howarn said. “Police tackled him.”

Police said both men suffered minor injuries.

One of the men was carrying a backpack. Carleton wouldn’t confirm whether the two are students.

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