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Witnesses to Theater District stabbings asked to call police tip line

Firefighters sprayed blood off a sidewalk on Tremont Street after a fight left seven men with stab wounds Sunday.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe staff

The investigation is continuing into a violent incident in the Theater District in which seven men in their 20s were stabbed, Boston police said Monday.

No arrests have been made, police said.

The incident happened around 2:10 a.m. Sunday. Police were called to investigate a person stabbed or shot near 271 Tremont St., shortly after the bars and clubs closed. Officers found three stabbing victims, all of whom were rushed to Boston hospitals. Two of the three were critically injured, police said.

Police have said a fight broke out on the street and “there is no information as to what precipitated the incident or if an establishment is connected in any way at this time.” Eyewitnesses told the Globe that the brawl involved some 20 people at its worst.

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Joe Mellen, 27, an employee for Tufts Parking and Transportation on Tremont Street for five years, said he had never seen anything like it. “There was no way to tell who was fighting who,” Mellen said. “During the whole melee, it looked like one guy was swinging a bottle around. It was really chaotic.”

Trails of blood could be seen late Sunday morning in front of the adjacent Royale and Candibar nightclubs, the Courtyard Marriott, the Tremont Variety store, and in a park on the corner of Tremont and Oak streets.

Any witnesses are asked to call police at 1-800-494-TIPS.


Jan Ransom of the Globe Staff contributed to this report. John R. Ellement can be reached at ellement@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @JREbosglobe.