Toronto police seek man after 3 unprovoked stabbings downtown in past week

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 30, 2025 2:25 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

Toronto constabulary are looking for a antheral believed to beryllium liable for stabbing 3 radical successful abstracted unprovoked incidents implicit the past week.

Two of the victims were earnestly injured.

In a quality merchandise connected Sunday, constabulary said the stabbings happened past Sunday, connected Friday and connected Saturday. The idiosyncratic stabbed Saturday nighttime is inactive successful hospital, constabulary said. None of the victims knew the suspect, constabulary added.

Last Sunday astatine 11:45 p.m., constabulary said a antheral approached a sleeping unhoused idiosyncratic successful the Simcoe Street and Bremner Boulevard area, stabbed the idiosyncratic and fled connected foot. The unfortunate suffered superior but non-life-threatening injuries.

On Friday around 9 p.m., constabulary said a antheral approached a idiosyncratic walking unsocial successful the country of Dan Leckie Way and Queens Quay W. The antheral stabbed the idiosyncratic from down and fled connected foot. The unfortunate suffered non-life threatening injuries.

And connected Saturday, around 10:50 p.m., a antheral approached a person standing extracurricular a gathering successful the country of King Street W. and York Street, constabulary say. The antheral stabbed the idiosyncratic from down and fled connected foot. The unfortunate suffered superior but non-life-threatening injuries.

Police picture the fishy arsenic male, astir 5 ft eight, with a mean physique and facial hair. He was past seen wearing a acheronian overgarment with a reflective item connected the back, acheronian pants, a bluish backpack and acheronian Nike shoes with reddish detailing.

Images of the antheral person been released. Police said members of the nationalist should beryllium aware, stay vigilant and study immoderate suspicious enactment to police.