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Police search for suspect after 56-year-old man stabbed, robbed in Brampton

Peel police are on scene after a man was stabbed and robbed at knifepoint in Brampton. Global News

Peel Regional Police are looking for a suspect wanted in connection with a robbery and stabbing that occurred at a park in Brampton, Ont., Friday afternoon.

In a press update, police said two men—who did not know each other—were at Duggan Park in the area of Ken Whillans Drive and Sproule Drive, near Main Street North, at around 2 p.m. Feb. 23 when an altercation occurred.

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Police said a 56-year-old man suffered stab wounds and was transported to a Toronto trauma centre in serious condition.

Police previously told Global News that the man had been stabbed twice during the incident.

The suspect is described as in his 30s, approximately five-foot-nine to five-foot-10, weighing 170 pounds with short buzz-cut hair. He was last seen wearing a dark-coloured jacket and light-coloured track pants and carrying a black backpack with the letters JP on it.

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Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the suspect is asked to contact Peel Regional Police at 905-453-2121 extension 2233 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or visiting peelcrimestoppers.ca.

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