Portage RCMP are asking the public for information in relation to a stabbing that occurred last week in Portage la Prairie.

According to police, just after 3:30 a.m. on Sept. 10, RCMP received a call of a stabbing in the 400 block of 6th Avenue NE. When police arrived, a male in his 60s from Brandon, Man., was located suffering from puncture wounds to his upper body. The victim was transported by ambulance and then later by STARS to a Winnipeg hospital.

Police say the victim and witnesses are not forthcoming with information in regards to this occurrence and are asking anyone with any information that would lend assistance to further this investigation, to call the Portage la Prairie RCMP at 204-857-4445 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).