Ottawa Police investigators are looking into a stabbing that happened in the downtown core Thursday afternoon.

Police said the incident happened at about 3:45 p.m. on Dalhousie Street. The victim was transported to hospital with serious, but non-lifethreatening injuries, said police.

Murray Street was closed between Dalhousie Street and King Edward Avenue but later reopened.

It is the second stabbing in the area since Sunday.