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The man was rushed to hospital in critical condition after an attack in Winnipeg

A man is in hospital after a serious attack on Thursday morning in the Old St. Vital in Winnipeg.

Officers were called to the St. Louis area. Mary’s Road on Essex Avenue around 5:30 in the morning

An injured man was rushed to hospital in critical condition and is currently listed as unstable, a police spokesman said in an email.

In the area where the man was found, the northern lanes of the St. Mary’s Road were blocked for several hours.

They reopened around 8 a.m., but police still have a blocked section of Essex Avenue.

St. Mary’s Road has reopened, but police still have a blocked stretch of Essex Avenue. (Gary Solilak / CBC)

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