Stabbing at Surrey banquet hall sends five to hospital
RCMP say all the people involved in the fight knew each other and were invited to a party
Multiple people are in hospital with stab wounds after a brawl broke out at a family function in Surrey late last night
Police were called to the Crown Palace Banquet Hall just shortly after midnight after a caller reported that a person brandished a knife during a fight in the parking lot.
The dispute began in the hall, but "spilled out into the parking lot," police said.
Paramedics transported five people to hospital. One of the victims was an elderly woman who got caught in the fight and got knocked over.
She suffered a broken arm as a result of being knocked down. The other four victims suffered stab wounds from someone using a knife.
"So far we know everybody there knows each other," said Staff Sgt. Murray Hedderson with Surrey RCMP. "This is a family argument that got a little... extraordinary."
Hedderson says police are still speaking with people at the party to try and determine a suspect.
No one suffered any life-threatening injuries.