A man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after he was stabbed in downtown Toronto on Christmas Day.

Emergency personnel were called to Young and Charles streets around 3:45 p.m. after the victim went inside a pharmacy for help.

A Toronto Ambulance Service spokesperson said the victim was in critical but stable condition.

Toronto police officers said in a social media update that the incident happened in a parking lot on Charles Street.

No new information has been published in this regard yet.

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