Man in hospital after stabbing on Winnipeg transit bus

FILE- Winnipeg Transit buses. (Courtesy: X/Winnipeg Transit)

Posted August 14, 2024 4:00 pm.

Winnipeg police say a 30-year-old man is in hospital after a random stabbing on a bus Tuesday evening.

WPS says around 5 p.m., officers responded to a report that a man had been stabbed on a transit bus near Main Street and Selkirk Avenue.

Officers learned that a 30-year-old was stabbed during an unprovoked altercation with another man and a woman, both of whom fled before police arrived.

The 30-year-old was taken to hospital in unstable condition and has been upgraded to stable.

Anyone who may have any information regarding the incident is asked to contact police at 204-986-6129 or Crime Stoppers at 205-786-8477.

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