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Five injured after stabbing incident in Waterloo

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A Waterloo Regional Police cruiser is pictured on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. (Matt Harris / CTV Kitchener)

Waterloo regional police are investigating a Friday disturbance in Waterloo that sent five people to hospital with stab wounds.

On Aug. 20, just after midnight, police responded to reports of a disturbance that led to a physical altercation in the area of King Street North and University Avenue West.

Police said as a result of the physical altercation, five individuals sustained stab wounds.

Police said four men were transported to local hospital, and one man was transported to an out-of-region hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The suspects fled the area before police arrived.