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Vaughan community centre stabbing sends teen to hospital

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There is a significant police presence around a Vaughan community centre after police responded to reports of a stabbing.

Police are searching for multiple suspects after a teenage boy was stabbed at a community centre in Vaughan Wednesday afternoon.

York Regional Police responded to the Vellore Village Community Centre on Weston Road, north of Rutherford Road, just after 3:30 p.m. for a stabbing.

When officers arrived, they located a young person with non-life-threatening injuries. The teen was taken to the hospital.

Meanwhile, police said an unknown number of suspects fled the area in a dark-coloured SUV. No descriptions of the suspects have been released.

“Attack appears not to be random,” police said in a social media post, adding that there is no immediate risk to the public.