Man rushed to hospital after stabbing at Chinatown bank

Police said a hold-up took place at approximately 12:57 p.m., at a bank in the Chinatown area, near Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West. A man was rushed to hospital after being stabbed multiple times. (Michael Charles Cole/CBC - image credit)
Police said a hold-up took place at approximately 12:57 p.m., at a bank in the Chinatown area, near Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West. A man was rushed to hospital after being stabbed multiple times. (Michael Charles Cole/CBC - image credit)

A bank employee has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed several times Monday, Toronto police say.

Police say a hold-up attempt took place at approximately 12:57 p.m. at a bank in the Chinatown area, near Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West.

Police say a man armed with a knife jumped the counter before stabbing an employee multiple times.

The worker was rushed to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Police are searching for the suspect who fled the scene.