OTTAWA – A man is in serious condition in hospital after a stabbing early Wednesday on Cartier Street.

The stabbing happened outside the Embassy Suites Hotel shortly after 1:30 a.m and a man was rushed to hospital while the suspect fled.

Very disturbing scene outside Embassy Suites Hotel on Cartier St. 2 prosthetic legs scattered on ground, surrounded by blood. #OttNews — Kristy Cameron (@1310Kristy) July 30, 2014

Police arrested a man around 4 a.m. in the Rideau Canal area. No charges have been laid and police say the two men are known to each other.

Police say the victim has made it through surgery and is expected to survive.

According to the hotel manager, the man was a guest of the Libyan embassy who was staying at the hotel while receiving medical treatment in Canada.

He participated in the Libyan uprising in 2011.