Man stabbed on streetcar in downtown Toronto, police search for suspect
Officers responded to reports of a person stabbed on a streetcar in the area of Queen and Peter streets around 4 p.m., Toronto police said on X Friday.
A man was located with a stab wound and rushed to a trauma centre with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, Toronto paramedics told CBC Toronto.
The suspect, a woman, fled the area, according to police. Police did not provide any further description.
Queen Street W. is closed to westbound traffic at Beverley Street while police investigate.
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