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WINNIPEG - Police are investigating three unrelated stabbings that happened late Thursday and early Friday in the city.

In the first case, police were called to the 200-block of Balmoral Street around 11:30 p.m. Thursday.

A man approached two women, aged 20 and 39, who were walking in a back lane, police said. The man asked for a cigarette and became violent when one wasn't available. He assaulted both women, stabbing the younger one, police said.

The suspect is described as an aboriginal man, 26 to 32 years old, about 5'6" tall with long, brown hair in a ponytail with bangs. Anyone with information is asked to call investigators at 986-6668, or Crime Stoppers at 786-8477 (TIPS).

The second stabbing took place on the 600 block of Portage Avenue. A 17-year-old boy was found with a stab wound and taken to hospital for treatment. The victim was initally unco-operative, police said.

In the third stabbing, officers went to the 100 block of Mayfair Place at about 4:20 a.m. after a fight in a suite.

Two men were hanging out when they got into a fight, in which 19-year-old man stabbed a 26-year-old man multiple times. The victim was treated in hospital and is in stable condition. The younger man is facing charges.