Man wanted in connection with ‘unprovoked’ daytime assault in Toronto’s east end

Police are searching for a man wanted in an assault investigation that happened in Toronto on the afternoon of June 28. (Toronto Police Service)

Toronto police are searching for a man who allegedly stabbed a victim in the back in an unprovoked attack over the weekend.

It happened on Sunday afternoon, at around 12:45 p.m., in the area of Danforth Avenue and Main Street.

Police allege the suspect approached the victim from behind and fled from the area after the assault.

Toronto police did not share the severity of the victim’s injuries.

Officers describe the suspect as a man in his 20s, approximately five-foot-10 with a goatee. They add that he was last seen wearing a dark-colour plaid sweater and blue jeans.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact them or Crime Stoppers anonymously.