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Toronto police are weighing a possible link to terrorism after a knife-wielding attacker injured two Canadian Forces members at an uptown recruitment centre.

“There were some comments made by the suspect at the time, and without getting into it, I want to be very careful, very cautious with what I do say,” Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders told a CP24 TV interviewer about the attack that has drawn in CSIS and RCMP investigators.

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Saunders refused to disclose what the 27-year-old subject yelled during the stabbing.

Just after 3:30 p.m., the alleged attacker walked into the Forces recruiting centre and apparently without provocation lunged at a uniformed service member behind the front desk.

Personnel swarmed the man to disarm and subdue him, but another member was stabbed in the scuffle.

Both injuries are deemed non-life-threatening.

‘The subject matter is sensitive, you want to make sure that you don’t have to unring a bell, so to speak’

Saunders has since praised the quick action and training of the recruiting centre personnel, noting that in other settings the attack could have been far worse.