Suspect sought after woman stabbed multiple times on Toronto subway platform

Toronto police say they’re looking for a suspect after a woman was stabbed multiple times on a subway platform Friday night.

Police said in a news release that officers were called to Dundas West Station shortly before 11 p.m.

The statement said a woman was on a westbound train and exited into the station. A man also exited the train and subsequently stabbed the woman multiple times, police said.

Officers said the man was “not known to the woman.”

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The suspect then fled and was reportedly last seen running south on Dundas Street West towards Bloor Street West.

The woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital.

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Investigators released images of a suspect on Saturday in the hope that the public could assist in identifying him.

He’s described as being five-foot-five to five-foot-ten, has a slim build and black hair in cornrows. He was wearing red and white shoes, black track pants and a black hooded sweater, police said.

Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact police at 416-808-1100 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.

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