A 26-year-old woman was rushed to hospital with serious stab wounds Tuesday night after she was reportedly the target of a random attack at a bus shelter at
Broadview and Danforth.
Police say she was waiting peacefully around 8:30pm when the man came from out of nowhere and slashed her multiple times before fleeing.
A Good Samaritan standing nearby came to her aid when she heard the screams, put a purse under the victim's head and kept talking to her.
"I put pressure on her stomach, she was bleeding a lot," Margot Hines said. "I don't even know where it was coming from, it was gushing.
"She asked me if she was going to die and I said ... 'no you're going to be okay.'"
A 46-year-old man with a knife was tracked down and arrested north of the scene. Investigators say from what they've seen the attack appears to be completely unprovoked.
If you were witness to this incident or have information that can help investigators call
Crime Stoppers at
1-800-222-TIPS.