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Man in hospital after attack at Winnipeg Walmart

Winnipeg Police on the scene of an assault at Empress Street Walmart. Scott Duarte / Global News

An attack outside the Walmart on Empress Street sent one man to hospital just before 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

Police said they received reports of an assault with a weapon.

A 38-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

The victim told police he was in the parking lot outside the store when a man he didn’t know ran toward him.

The victim slipped and fell, at which time the suspect pulled out a knife and stabbed him once in the upper body. The suspect then took off without saying or stealing anything.

General Patrol and the K-9 unit were not able to find the suspect.

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No employees or customers inside the store were involved in the attack.

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