Police investigate stabbings on Alfred, Pritchard avenues

Winnipeg police major crimes detectives are investigating two separate stabbings in the city’s core on Wednesday that sent a teenage boy and a young man to hospital.

In the first incident, a 16-year-old boy on the 300 block of Alfred Avenue just after 5:30 p.m. was accosted by a small group of males he did not know and stabbed.

The group — it’s not yet clear if it was made up of adults or youths — then ran off, the Winnipeg Police Service said on Friday.

Patrol officers found the boy and paramedics rushed him to hospital in stable condition.

At about 10:25 p.m., officers were called to the 300 block of Pritchard Avenue, where a 19-year-old man had been stabbed, possibly by a group of males. The victim was also taken to hospital in stable condition. It’s unclear if he knew the attackers.

Police spokeswoman Const. Dani McKinnon said detectives need to conduct further interviews with the victims to learn more about the attacks.

Police are investigating the stabbings as separate cases, McKinnon said. At this point, it does not appear that the same groups were involved in both attacks.

Police are asking anyone with information on potential suspects or video surveillance from the area to call major crimes investigators at their office at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477.