A gruesome video was released Thursday afternoon in Toronto showing a subway passenger being repeatedly stabbed on a moving train while another strap hanger flees in terror.
The violent attack occurred around 12:20 pm on a southbound Toronto Transportation Commission (TTC) train bound for Eglinton station.
mobile phone video Footage recorded by eyewitnesses and widely shared on social media shows a man in a white T-shirt and blue pants exchanging punches and kicks with another passenger dressed in black in the middle of the train. is reflected.
A knife can be seen glowing in the other man’s hand during the fight.
At one point during the match, a suspect dressed in black stabbed a man in shorts, leaving blood on the back of his T-shirt.
The bleeding victim desperately tries to escape from the assailant, screaming “Help!” help! ” A knife-wielding villain chases him on a train, in front of stunned commuters.
A passenger at the end of the car could be heard screaming in panic. “He’s stabbing him!” He’s killing him! ”
Another yells, “Oh my God, I can’t get off the train!”
When the train finally arrived at the station, the suspect fled. According to a police press release. He was on the run as of Friday morning.
The victim, a man in his 30s, was taken to a trauma center with life-threatening injuries, Toronto police said. His condition has since improved to a stable condition.
Toronto police spokesman Inspector Michel Olshewski said at a press conference that the stabbing was an “isolated incident” and “not a coincidence” after an altercation between the two men. Reported by news agency CP24.com.
“This was an isolated incident and there appears to have been a verbal disagreement between the suspect and the victim before the stabbing occurred,” she told reporters. “I didn’t know if they knew each other.”
Toronto Police Chief Myron Demqueu said Thursday night that officers were searching for the stabbing suspect.
“I am deeply disturbed by this incident and all the violence in transit. “Everyone has the right to feel safe while traveling and we will continue to work with the TTC to support all public safety needs.”
Police say the stabbing suspect is between 25 and 30 years old, 5 feet tall, 10 years old, thin, and has a shaved head. Last seen, he was wearing a gray “GAP” hoodie, black pants, black shoes and carrying a green backpack.
