A man is under arrest after a stabbing and assault during a robbery at Mississauga’s Dixie Outlet Mall Sunday afternoon that left one person with serious injuries.

Peel police and paramedics were called to the flea market inside the mall, in the Queen Elizabeth Way and Dixie Rd. area, at 4:20 p.m. after reports of a stabbing.

A male employee of the flea market was being robbed at knife point by a suspect and another employee tried to intervene, according to police spokesperson Const. George Tudos.

One of the employees was stabbed during the altercation and the other was assaulted.

Paramedics took the stabbing victim to a trauma centre in serious condition. The assaulted employee received minor injuries and was not taken to hospital.

Members of the Peel police tactical team arrested the suspect at a nearby residence Sunday evening after a passerby spotted him and called police.

There are no outstanding suspects.

The Peel police Central Robbery Bureau has taken over the investigation.

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