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The executive director of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra (SSO) was attacked in his office on Tuesday afternoon by a man who wasn’t known to the staff.

According to the SSO’s director of development Angela Kempf, the orchestra office on 20th Street West has an “open door policy” during its open hours. Kempf said a man came in to the office and “attacked” executive director Mark Turner around 1 p.m. on Tuesday.

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“We asked him what we could help him with, if he needed something,” she said. “After a few minutes, he attacked Mark. Completely unprovoked … it happened out of nowhere.”

A police news release issued Wednesday morning said that Turner was stabbed in the face with the “blunt end of a fork.”

Kempf said the man fled the scene after attacking Turner, who was taken to hospital for treatment and is resting at home.

Kempf said the staff and volunteers of the orchestra handled the situation well, and that members of the community including Randy Pshebylo with the Riversdale Business Improvement District gave a great deal of support to the orchestra after the incident.