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Doctor, nurses stabbed at California hospital; man arrested

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man they say stabbed a doctor and two nurses inside a Southern California hospital emergency ward. Los Angeles police say the man walked into Encino Hospital Medical Center shortly before 4 p.m. Friday and stabbed the three staff members. They’re listed in stable condition. Police say a SWAT team arrested the man after he holed up in a room for about four hours. His name was not released but police say he had previous run-ins with the law. Authorities say there was no evidence that the man knew the victims.

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