"Two people have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a stabbing on a TTC streetcar near Toronto's Little Italy Monday morning. Emergency crews were called to the College Street and Bathurst Street area just before 8:30 a.m., Toronto police said in a social media post. Paramedics said they transported two people to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. A third person was assessed on scene, but did not want to be transported."
"The two victims were a man and a woman in their thirties, police said, adding that both victims were passengers. Police said a suspect, a 42-year-old male, was located and arrested, but could not say if the victims and suspect were known to each other. In a statement posted on social media, TTC CEO Mandeep Lali said the stabbing happened on board the 506 Carlton streetcar."
Two passengers were seriously injured in a stabbing aboard a TTC streetcar near Toronto's Little Italy Monday morning. Emergency crews responded to College and Bathurst just before 8:30 a.m.; paramedics transported a man and a woman in their thirties to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. A third person was assessed on scene and declined transport. Police located and arrested a 42-year-old male suspect, and investigators have not confirmed any prior connection between the suspect and victims. TTC CEO Mandeep Lali identified the vehicle as the 506 Carlton streetcar, offered support to police, and the streetcar remains held with a heavy police presence.
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