Charges are pending against a 22-year-old man arrested early today for allegedly stabbing one man and slashing another in separate confrontations in Kalihi,

The stabbing victim, 25, was taken in stable condition to The Queen's Medical Center, after being stabbed at 11:40 p.m. last night near the intersection of Middle and Rose streets.

The 20-year-old man who was slashed was also taken to Queen's.

Police said the two incidents occurred at separate locations about 10 minutes apart.

In the first incident, a verbal argument turned violent when the suspect took out a knife and stabbed the victim, who was among a group of men. The suspect ran up the street and into a carport, where he encountered and confronted another group of men.

The suspect allegedly slashed one of the men and fled.

He was arrested fronting 1452 Kamehameha IV Road for investigation of attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault and first-degree terroristic threatening. He has not been charged yet but was being held tonight at the main police station cellblock.