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Stabbing Outside Providence Pizza Place: Police

A male was stabbed in the chest and a knife was recovered from the crime scene, according to police.

PROVIDENCE, RI — One was wounded in a knife attack outside a Providence pizza place, an official said.

"An investigation revealed that a physical altercation occurred inside the establishment involving several individuals," Kristy DosReis, the chief public information officer for the Providence Department of Public Safety, said in an email of the stabbing outside Vasilio's Pizza on Atwells Avenue shortly after 3:30 a.m. Saturday.

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"One male sustained a stab wound to the chest and was transported to Rhode Island Hospital, where he was receiving treatment," DosReis. "A knife was recovered at the scene. The incident remains under investigation."

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