A woman was rushed to a trauma centre after she was stabbed, allegedly by a co-worker, in a Chinatown restaurant Wednesday afternoon.

Toronto police Sgt. Raj Patel said there was an altercation between two employees at Chinese Traditional Bun Restaurant, and the woman was slashed in the neck by a man.

EMS officials said the woman, in her mid-30s, was without vital signs while en route to hospital. However, police later said the woman was alive and undergoing surgery in hospital.

The incident took place just after 2 p.m. inside the restaurant, on the lower level of 536 Dundas St W., west of Spadina Ave.

Sebastien Latour, who was in the area at the time, said he saw a woman lying on the outside steps leading down to the restaurant, surrounded by a large puddle of blood. Another woman held two cloths to her neck.

“I thought she had fallen down the stairs,” said Latour. “I’ve never seen that much blood.”

The woman who was holding the victim’s head was frantically crying, he said.

Patel said a man had been taken into custody and charges were pending.

Meanwhile, police are warning the public to beware of a man suspected in two separate stabbings in Toronto’s downtown last week.

Police say the man approached a woman from behind at 5:45 p.m. last Thursday and stabbed her in the lower back as she was walking with a friend on King St. E., just west of Jarvis St.

Minutes later, a man walking near 80 Front St. E. was also approached from behind and stabbed in the lower back. Both victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

The suspect is considered dangerous and armed with an unknown edged weapon. He is described as brown-skinned, 25 to 30 years old, medium build, 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-9, 140 to 170 pounds, with black hair and a beard. He was last seen wearing a black bomber jacket, black denim jeans and carrying a black backpack.

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With files from Zoe McKnight and Michael Gregory