One man is in hospital and another is in custody after a stabbing at Metrotown SkyTrain station on Tuesday night.
Shortly after 9:15 p.m., a man was stabbed in the back at the station, according to Burnaby RCMP. Police officers arrived soon after and administered first aid before the victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
Burnaby RCMP, with help from Transit Police and security personnel from the Metrotown Shopping Centre, arrested a 28-year-old man who is well known to police. The suspect is being held in custody for the courts.
Police are still trying to determine the motive for the stabbing.
This incident follows a series of stabbings throughout the Lower Mainland, including a male stabbed in the chest in Richmond, three men stabbed in Vancouver and one stabbing in Surrey.
