Police ask for help identifying suspect after assault with ‘large bladed weapon’

Police in Regina are asking the public for help identifying a man allegedly responsible for a serious assault on Friday night.

According to police, officers were called to Fifth Avenue just after 11 p.m. Friday for a report that a person was assaulted “with a large bladed weapon and had suffered a severe injury as a result.”

Officers applied tourniquets to the victim’s arms, police said, and he was taken to hospital by paramedics. Despite the use of tourniquets – tight bands applied around a limb to prevent a victim from bleeding to death – police said the victim’s injuries were not considered life-threatening.

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“Through investigation police learned the victim had been attacked by an unknown male,” the Regina Police Service explained in a statement. “The suspect and another male both fled on foot prior to police arriving on scene.”

Police are now looking for the suspect, an Indigenous man between 25 and 35 years old, with a medium build and black hair. He was last seen wearing a black jacket, blue jeans, black shoes and a black hat.

“Anyone who can identify this male or can assist in this investigation is asked to contact the Regina Police Service at 306-777-6500 or Regina Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477),” police said.