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- Ottawa police arrested a 42-year-old man on two counts of attempted murder after Thursday stabbings.
- A woman was stabbed on Rideau Street at 2:50 a.m. and taken to hospital.
- A second victim was stabbed just after 3 a.m. at Daly Avenue and Waller Street, sustaining life-threatening injuries.
- The injured woman boarded Ottawa's public transit agency (OC Transpo) bus before paramedics arrived.
- Rideau Street between Sussex and Dalhousie stayed closed until around noon.
