Toronto police trying to identify suspect after victim stabbed multiple times

Police are trying to identify a suspect after a victim was stabbed several times during an altercation in downtown Toronto last weekend.

Toronto police said it happened after 1 a.m. on Sunday in the area of Portland and Stewart streets.

There was an altercation between two groups and during the altercation, a victim was stabbed multiple times, police said.

Paramedics said on Sunday that they transported a man to a trauma centre in critical condition.

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The suspect reportedly fled the area north toward King Street West.

Investigators released images of a suspect on Friday and described him as six feet tall with a thin build and long black dreadlocks.

Police said he was wearing a baseball hat, a necklace, a black T-shirt, blue jeans and white shoes.

Anyone with information was asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers anonymously.

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