Vancouver police investigating after man stabbed in back

A man was rushed to hospital with a stab wound to the backafter an incident in Vancouver's Downtown Eastsideearly Friday, according to the B.C. Ambulance Service.

The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. in the 100-block of East Hastings Street.

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Vancouver police had a section of sidewalk behind yellow tape for about an hour, while a forensics investigator looked over evidence.

Police have not said what may have led to the incident.

Staff at Insite, a supervised injection facilitywhich was briefly closed, confirmed that the incident happened outside and was unconnected to the facility.