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A man has been charged with aggravated assault in connection with a stabbing at a hostel in Victoria on Sunday morning.
Police responded to a report of a stabbing around 4 a.m. in the 700-block of Pandora Avenue, near Blanshard Street.
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He has been charged with one count of aggravated assault in relation to the victim who survived, Victoria police confirmed Tuesday. No further information will be released, the department said.
Travers, who is in his 60s, was set to appear in court Tuesday afternoon for a bail hearing.
The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit continues to investigate the death.
The area around the Ocean Island Inn was cordoned off for much of Sunday while police investigated.
A manager at the hostel said the victim who survived was a front desk clerk. The man who died was found outside the building, she said.
Police were going in and out of the hostel Sunday and a guest said a fourth-floor bathroom was behind police tape.
A long-term resident of the hostel said the man arrested had been staying at the hostel for several months. He believed the victim had also been staying at the hostel, but he didn’t know him.
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