A 39-year-old man is in hospital today recovering from a life-threatening stab wound.
Just after 10 p.m. on Tuesday night, Burnaby RCMP received a 911 call from a woman reporting a man had been stabbed near 18th Avenue and Canada Way.
“He was found in the 7700 block of 18th Avenue … suffering from a single stab wound in the chest and it was life-threatening at the time,” Staff Sgt. Maj. John Buis told the NOW.
The victim, believed to be a Burnaby resident, was rushed to the hospital where he remains, Buis added.
“He’s been in the hospital since last night and we weren’t able to speak with him last night because he was unconscious, so now we’re speaking with him to find out what occurred,” he said.
Investigators are still in the early stages of determining what happened to the victim. A witness reported seeing two men flee the scene but police haven’t been able to confirm what led to the stabbing.
“We had a couple of witnesses who saw people running away but no clear identification and I don’t know if they, the two people, were actually involved or not,” Buis said.
Buis said investigators believe the attack was a targeted incident but couldn’t confirm anything at this time. In another media report, it was suggested police knew the victim but Buis couldn’t verify this claim.
Mounties are asking anyone who may have witnessed the attack to contact the Burnaby RCMP at 604-294-7922.
