Three men were hospitalized early Sunday morning after being robbed and assaulted outside an Inner Harbor hotel, police confirmed.

According to preliminary information, four men who had been drinking and were "very intoxicated" were standing outside the Intercontinental Hotel in the 500 block of Light St. before 2:40 a.m. when four males and two females walked past them.

One of the males asked, "Are you laughing at me?" and punched one of the men, a 28-year-old, in the nose, police said. The male produced a knife and chased the victim, while the other three males began assaulting the other men. One victim's wallet was taken during the encounter, police said.