Police are trying to identify a man they say threatened a person with a sharp object at a Toronto subway station and then a few days later, stabbed a person onboard a bus in an unprovoked attack.
Toronto police said the first incident happened on April 7 at Eglinton Subway Station, which is in the Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue West area.
Police said they were called at 10:15 p.m. after a victim said he was approached by the suspect and threatened with a sharp object.
The suspect then fled the scene on the subway, police said.
A few days later, on April 11 at 11:30 p.m., police responded to the Black Creek Drive and Eglinton Avenue West area for a stabbing.
Police said the suspect and the victim were onboard a TTC bus travelling west on Eglinton Avenue when the suspect approached the victim unprovoked and stabbed him.
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The suspect then fled on Black Creek Drive.
Officers previously said the suspect got into an argument and physical altercation with the victim, a man, before the stabbing. The man suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said the suspect is 18 to 20 years old and is five-foot-10 to six-feet tall. He has a black beard and black hair in short braids, police said.
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Officers added that in both incidents, he was wearing a blue hooded sweater, dark jeans and black/white running shoes.
Anyone with information was asked to contact police at 416-808-1200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.
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