An Etobicoke resident was taken to hospital after he told a Guelph Police officer he had been stabbed during Homecoming celebrations near the University of Guelph.
The injured male approached an officer around 9 p.m. in the Edinburgh Road South and Chancellors Way area on Saturday.
He said he had been stabbed in the abdomen during a fight with people he did not know.
“The man was transported to hospital and treated for what turned out to be fairly minor injuries, fortunately,” said Scott Tracey, media relations coordinator with the Guelph Police Service. “Our officers are obviously investigating. I think it is important to note that we don’t believe that this incident happened during the large gathering that unfolded on Chancellors Way and we believe it happened elsewhere and the injured male made his way to where the officers were, which is where that gathering was.”
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