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Monday, January 08, 2007

Man dies after eye stabbing in taxi

January 8, 2007
CBC News

A 26-year-old man apparently stabbed in the eye during a bizarre taxi hijacking last week is dead.

James Barber died Friday night in hospital, where he had been in critical condition since the Jan. 3 incident, Ontario's Special Investigations Unit said in a news release.

The incident began in Ottawa's west end at 2:45 a.m. ET on Wednesday, when a taxi picked up two men near Greenbank and Iris Roads, the SIU said.

Local taxi union head Yusef Al Mezel said Wednesday he spoke to the driver, who reported that two men were bleeding and held a knife against his throat to make him drive.

The SIU release said the driver called police, who met the vehicle near Merivale Road and Trenton Avenue.

Mezel said at that point the driver and one passenger jumped out, leaving Barber inside the car.

Police surrounded the car and spoke to Barber, who eventually emerged with a stab wound to his eye.

The SIU is a civilian government agency that investigates instances involving police in which someone is seriously injured or killed.

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