Deterioration of society: Five people stabbed inside popular Washington DC restaurant


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The Northwest D.C. Restaurant and Saloon where five people were stabbed early Saturday morning.



Five people were stabbed early on Saturday in a restaurant in Washington, D.C., police said. The incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. at McFadden's, a popular restaurant and nightclub on Pennsylvania Avenue, eight blocks from the White House in the nation's capital.

All five victims were taken to hospital with knife wounds, a police spokesman said Saturday. Their identities have not been released.


Police said the stabbing happened inside the bar. Photos posted on Twitter Saturday show a blood-splattered sidewalk.


Calls to McFadden's requesting comment were not returned.


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