Police believe a stabbing that took place at College subway station on Monday afternoon was an unprovoked attack.

“By all accounts at this point it appears that it was … a random attack,” Constable Allyson Douglas-Cook told CityNews.

Douglas-Cook said police received a call around 12:40 p.m. on Monday for an altercation on the subway platform.

When officers arrived on scene they found the victim suffering a serious stab wound to the face. Police recovered an ice pick.

The victim was sent to hospital with serious but non life-threatening injuries while a suspect was apprehended after a brief foot chase with TTC officers.

A witness told CityNews it appeared that the stabbing took place on a subway train. “We seen some guy get off the train, there was a trail of blood,” said Justin Morency. “He just dropped to the floor, you could tell he got stabbed in the face.”

STABBING:

College Subway Station

-Police o/s

-Victim located

-Suffering serious stab wound

-Area searched

-TTC officers in brief foot pursuit

-1 man now in custody

^dh — Toronto Police OPS (@TPSOperations) February 12, 2018

College Station was closed for several hours while police investigated, but has since reopened.