Man fighting for life after stabbing in Fortitude Valley
The man was seriously injured after the incident just before 3.30am on Friday on the corner of Wickham and Brunswick streets, outside the Prince Consort Hotel in Fortitude Valley.
He was taken to hospital in a potentially life-threatening condition.
A friend of the man told 7News he had been attempting to intervene in an altercation outside a bottle shop.
'Two people were fighting, and he was right in the middle and he got stabbed, I think, three times and he started bleeding,' the man said.
Two people have been taken into custody and are assisting police with inquiries, Queensland Police said.
No charges have been laid at this stage.
Investigations into the circumstances of the incident are ongoing.
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