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Stabbing at a bus shelter

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 06 Sep, 2024 10:07 AM

Mounties in North Vancouver say they are investigating a stabbing that happened in a bus shelter early yesterday morning.

They say officers and paramedics responded and found the victim near the Petro Canada gas station on the north side of Marine Drive.

Police say the man, who they believe was sleeping at the shelter when the attack happened, was taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

Investigators are asking that witnesses and any motorists with dash cam footage of the area between 5 and 5:30 a-m yesterday contact police.

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