A Thompson resident suffered two stab wounds and multiple defensive wounds when he was attacked with two knives near Princeton Drive around 11 p.m. Dec. 30.
A person who knows the victim said it is the third time he has been stabbed in the past year-and-a-half. He was previously stabbed in the ribs. Another time, he was with a friend who was stabbed in the face and hit with a machete in the back. The victim blocked some knife strikes with his hands and one of the stab wounds was to his lower back.
The attack occurred when the victim was walking home after visiting a friend. He was treated in hospital and discharged about two hours after the attack.
The victim identified two of the people who attacked him. The person who knows the victim said that one of the attackers is a minor believed to have been involved in a previous incident involving machetes.
Thompson RCMP say they were responding to a report they received around 10:20 p.m. about multiple people with weapons chasing someone near Highland Towers when they were informed that someone had been stabbed on Princeton Drive near Station Road. They located him and transported him to Thompson General Hospital.
Anyone with information on these incidents can call Thompson RCMP at 204-677-6911 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477. Tips can also be submitted online at www.manitobacrimestoppers.com.
