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Man accused in stabbing death at Calgary Stampede to stand trial

A 21-year-old has been ordered to stand trial in the July 2015 stabbing death on Stampede grounds

Zakariah Abdow was knifed during confrontation and died in hospital 2 months later

Calgary investigate a stabbing at the Stampede in July 2015. (Allison Dempster/CBC)

RinatoToy, theman accused in a stabbing death during last year's Calgary Stampede, has been ordered to stand trial.

The 21-year-old faces a charge of manslaughter.

It comes afterZakariah Abdow, who was 25, was knifed during a confrontation between two groups on the Stampede grounds on July 9.

A 21-year-old man has been ordered to stand trial in the July 2016 stabbing death on the Stampede grounds. (Allison Dempster/CBC)

He was taken to hospital in critical condition and died more than two months later.

Alberta Justice confirms Toy was ordered last week to stand trial on the charge. A date has not been set.