Man taken to hospital after being stabbed during knifepoint robbery at Brampton park
A man has been hospitalized following a stabbing at a park in Brampton.
Peel police say they were called near Sproule and Ken Whillans drives, in the area of Main Street North and Vodden Street East, at around 2 p.m.
The victim was stabbed twice during an apparent robbery, police say.
He was taken to a trauma centre and his condition was not immediately known.
Police say no one has been arrested and there is no description of the suspect.
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