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Altercation leads to stabbing at Minneapolis homeless encampment, police say

Altercation leads to stabbing at Minneapolis homeless encampment, police say
Altercation leads to stabbing at Minneapolis homeless encampment, police say 00:17

MINNEAPOLIS — Police say an altercation at a homeless encampment in Minneapolis on Sunday ended with one man stabbing another.

The stabbing occurred around 3:30 p.m. "in a tent in a homeless encampment near the railroad tracks behind the 3300 block of Hiawatha [Avenue]," the Minneapolis Police Department said.

A man in his 20s was hospitalized with a stab wound that was not life-threatening.

"The stabbing occurred when an altercation with another man escalated to violence," police said. "There have been no arrests."

The stabbing is being investigated.

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