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Police investigate stabbing at Safeway in East Vancouver

Vancouver police say a man was taken to hospital after a stabbing in East Vancouver Thursday night.

Police say the victim and his friends aren't cooperating with their investigation

Vancouver police investigate after a man was stabbed near Commercial Drive and Broadway Thursday night. (Rafferty Baker/CBC)

A man in his 20swas taken to hospital after a stabbing in East VancouverThursday night, according to police.

It happened sometime around 11 p.m. at the Safeway store on Broadway near Commercial Drive.

Police saidthe victim was found outside the Safeway in a picnic table area, but it isunclear where the attack took place.

Forensics investigators could be seen carrying equipment into the store, and a section of pathway next to the Safewaywas also closed off behind police tapeThursday night.

The victim and his friends haven'tbeen at all cooperative with the investigation, according to police.

The victim's wounds are believed to be serious, but non-life-threatening.

Police saidnobody had been arrestedlate Thursday.

A forensics investigator with the Vancouver Police Department carries equipment into a Safeway store in East Vancouver Thursday night. (Rafferty Baker/CBC)