Security camera images are playing a large role in a hunt for a suspect who is accused of the brutal stabbing another man on a platform at the Royal York station.

The incident occurred on May 4 around 3:50 p.m. after police from 22 Division were called to investigate a stabbing at the subway station.

Police said in a release that two men had boarded the subway train at Islington Station.

“The men had a verbal altercation and one of the men stabbed the other on the subway train,” detectives alleged. “The suspect got off the train at Royal York subway station and fled the area.”

Officers alleged the victim was suffering “from several stab wounds,’ when found at the Royal York station.

“The victim as transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries,” according to police.

The suspect is described as wearing a grey hooded sweater, blue face mask and grey pants.
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