Suspect arrested in unprovoked stabbing that left worker seriously injured: Toronto police

A Toronto police cruiser is seen in this undated photo. (Simon Sheehan/CP24)

Toronto police say a suspect is now in custody following an unprovoked, daylight stabbing that left one man seriously injured in Toronto’s Weston neighbourhood on Wednesday.

According to police, a man working at the rear of a building in the area of Weston Road and King Street was approached from behind and stabbed by another man at around 11:45 a.m.

The suspect, police said, then fled the area and the victim was taken to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening, injuries.

On Thursday morning, police said a suspect was taken into custody in connection with the incident.

Joshua Alexander, 26, of Toronto, has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault and assault with a weapon.

He is scheduled to appear at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre at 10 a.m.

None of the charges have been tested in court.