A man is set to appear in court this afternoon following a stabbing in Downtown Yellowknife.
The stabbing took place on Franklin Avenue at approximately 10:00 pm last night. The suspect fled on foot.
Yellowknife RCMP were able to track the man down using NT RCMP Police Dog Services.
The victim was transported to Stanton Territorial Hospital and later transported by medivac to Edmonton for treatment.
The investigation is on-going.
RCMP investigators ask that should anyone have witnessed the incident and have not yet spoken with police, or should anyone have information regarding the incident, they are asked to contact the Yellowknife RCMP at 867-669-1111 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS, nwtnutips.com, (click on “submit a web tip”) or text: nwtnutips to 274637.
