Edmonton police say three people have been arrested in connection with what they’re calling an unprovoked, violent robbery that left two men hospitalized last week.

Police say all three accused – aged 28 to 31 – were known to police. They were arrested along the Stony Plain Road corridor on Thursday – one day after police responded to a robbery and stabbing at the West Edmonton Mall transit station on 90 Avenue and 175 Street.

Authorities say the Wednesday morning attack, around 5:30 a.m., happened when the accused approached two men waiting at the station and demanded their cell phones.

“When the two men refused, one of the suspects stabbed both men and robbed them of their cell phones before all three suspects, two males and one female, fled the scene on bicycles in an unknown directi

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