A 17-year-old is in police custody after being arrested for allegedly stabbing four people — including three bystanders — Wednesday night in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

Four people — three men and a woman, who range in age from 33 to 60 — received treatment in hospital for stab wounds. Police say one of the four victims was targeted.

The teen has been charged with four counts of aggravated assault.

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Vancouver police said that at 6:40 p.m. on Wednesday several people were stabbed outside a building near East Hastings Street and Jackson Avenue. The suspect wasn’t found at the scene but was arrested elsewhere in the DTES within a few hours of the alleged assaults. 

The suspect remains in custody.

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