A man is in custody after three people, including two children, suffered injuries after an assault near Jane Street and Steeles Avenue West in north-end Toronto on Saturday afternoon.
Toronto police responded to reports of a stabbing at an apartment building at 5000 Jane Street around 3:30 p.m.
Two children, one boy and one girl, were taken to Sick Kids hospital with serious injuries, Toronto EMS confirmed. An adult male was rushed to a trauma centre with life-threatening injuries.
The children were out of surgery and recovering well, Toronto police said Saturday evening.
Witness Helen Bohn, a resident of the apartment building, told Global News that she was coming out of the lobby when the boy, who had an open head wound, approached her and asked her to call 911.
“It hurt me. I wanted to faint seeing that,” Bohn said.
Another witness said she saw the two children covered in blood and barely able to speak.
“They had nothing to say, they were in shock,” Linda Dipiero said.
Police haven’t released further information about the incident or the suspect.