Nunavut police seek assailant in Pangnirtung stabbing
Man, 22, hospitalized after attack outside his residence
RCMP members in Pangnirtung are looking for someone who, while wearing a black ski mask and dressed from head to foot in black clothes, stabbed a 22-year-old man outside his residence Jan. 16. (FILE PHOTO)
RCMP members in Pangnirtung are still looking for someone who stabbed a 22-year-old man outside his residence in Pangnirtung Jan. 16, police said in a news release issued Jan 19.
The assailant wore a black ski mask and “all black clothing,” police said.
The 22-year-old stabbing victim, who police did not name, was flown to the Qikiqtani General hospital in Iqaluit, where he’s being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said the incident is isolated and that “there does not appear to be a public safety concern.”
The Nunavut RCMP says anyone with information about the incident should contact the Pangnirtung RCMP at (867) 473-0123 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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