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Elderly man in life-threatening condition after east Toronto stabbing

Police tape is seen in this file photo. Isaac Callan/Global News

An elderly man is in life-threatening condition after a stabbing in east Toronto Monday afternoon.

Emergency crews responded to the area of Markham Road and Eglinton Avenue East after 2:30 p.m.

Toronto police said paramedics located the victim and took him to hospital.

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A Toronto paramedics spokesperson told Global News they took an elderly man to a trauma centre with serious, life-threatening injuries.

Police didn’t have further information to provide, adding that they are in the early stages of an investigation.

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