Suspects sought after 2 students stabbed near Scarborough high school

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Police are looking for suspects after two students were stabbed at a plaza near a Scarborough high school on Monday afternoon.

Toronto Police said the incident happened at 1:49 p.m. in the Guildwood Pkwy.-Livingston Rd. area. Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute is just east of that intersection.

Acting Duty Insp. Todd Jocko told reporters on Monday night that the stabbing happened when the two victims and a group of people got into an altercation.

Jocko said police were “dedicating all the necessary resources to locate and apprehend those responsible” for the double stabbing.

The victims, 15- and 16-year-old boys, per CP24, citing police sources, were students at the school. However, police said the stabbing didn’t happen on school property.

Police said their injuries were non-life-threatening.

Paramedics said they transported two patients to a hospital with minor injuries.

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Cops said “multiple” suspects wearing “all black” fled the scene. The suspects are teenagers, per CP24, citing police sources.

Jocko said information was limited as they’re “very early” into the investigation. He couldn’t say if the victims knew the suspects or how many suspects were sought.

He was unable to say if the suspects were students and did provide details about the weapon that was used.

“Our investigators are working diligently to piece together exactly what happened, who was involved,” Jocko said. “We don’t believe this was a random act. We believe that there was an altercation between the group of suspects and the victims … We don’t think there’s any additional risk to the public.”