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Four hurt in brawl of 20 fighters

By: Staff Writer

Posted: 03/30/2010 3:27 PM | Comments: 0 (including replies)

WINNIPEG — Four men were taken to hospital in stable condition after a brawl outside a popular downtown pub last night.

Winnipeg police said they received a fight call at 11 p.m. Monday at Ellice Avenue and Kennedy Street, outside the Lo Pub. Police said this morning about 20 people were involved in the melee.

The Free Press is looking for further information on the overnight brawl at Ellice Avenue and Kennedy Street. Please email city.desk@freepress.mb.ca or phone 697-7292

Four men aged 21 and 22 suffered stab wounds and were taken to hospital with laceration injuries. No one was taken into custody. Police said the investigation is continuing.

Jack Jonasson, the Lo Pub’s owner, said about 70 people went to Lo Pub to watch a Vancouver group perform there. Many were friends and family of the performers, he said.

Jonasson said the fight broke out slightly off the Lo Pub property after one man who was outside with a handful of friends began facing off with another group of people. The crowd slowly edged off to a few metres south-east of the pub’s main entrance, near a sculpture.

He said about 15 people began involved kicking and punching each other until police showed up about five to ten minutes later. He said he saw one person taken into custody, but did not see any weapons.

Jonasson said the pub's weekly Monday hip-hop night will now be cancelled. The event kicked off about four months ago, he said.

He said the bar has held hundreds of events without problems.

"It’s unfortunate that this happened," he said.

city.desk@freepress.mb.ca

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