Man stabbed multiple times in Cobourg

A man was airlifted to a Toronto hospital following an early morning stabbing in Cobourg.

Police and paramedics were called to a duplex on Elgin Street East around 1:30 a.m. where they found a man in his 40s outside bleeding near a pickup truck.

According to Cobourg Police Service acting chief Paul Vandeergraaf, the man was first taken to Northumberland Hills Hospital and then airlifted to Sunnybrooke Hospital in Toronto with multiple stab wounds.

He remains in critical but stable condition Vandeergraaf told CHEX News around 11 a.m.

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Cobourg police were assisted by Port Hope police along with Northumberland OPP’s emergency response team and canine team to search the area.

Less than an hour later, the canine unit located three individuals south of Elgin Street.

Vandeergraaf says they are “persons of interest” – no charges have yet to be laid.

“At this particular time we only see them as persons of interest,” he said.

Police remain at the house.

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Anyone with information is asked to contact Cobourg police at 905-372-6821 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

— More to come