Police are on the scene of an attempted robbery this morning that sent two men to hospital with stab wounds.

It happened just before 6 a.m. CST in the 900 block of Duchess Street.

One of the victims, shirtless and covered in blood, was able to walk to an ambulance with what appeared to be defensive wounds to arms and hands.

A second man was taken to the ambulance by stretcher. He had injuries to his torso.

Paramedics and police carry a stabbing victim to an ambulance after a robbery on Duchess Street. (Dan Zakreski/CBC) The men had apparently been approached by a third man who tried to rob them and then stabbed them.

The victims are 23 and 25 years old.

Patrol officers with dogs were searching for the suspect in the surrounding area.