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Winnipeg Police: A man was stabbed and the car was stolen

A man is in hospital after police said he was stabbed in an alleged car theft.

Police responded early Monday morning at 12:45 a.m. to a report of a man stabbed in Block 700 on Wellington Avenue.

When police arrived on the scene, they found a 50-year-old man and provided him with medical treatment.

He was then taken to hospital in an unstable condition and was later improved in a stable condition.

Police said the man was parking his car when a group of unknown men approached and asked him for a cigarette. He was then stabbed and the group drove away in his car.

Police said no one was detained.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477.