RCMP: Woman seriously injured in stabbing in Surrey

A woman is in hospital in serious condition after being stabbed in the Whalley area of ​​Surrey early Sunday, the Mounties confirmed.

At 2:16 a.m., someone called police to report finding a 40-year-old woman unconscious and covered in blood near King George Boulevard and 108 Avenue, Surrey's Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) told CTV News.

The caller reportedly believed the woman was a pedestrian who had been hit by a car. However, officers on the scene determined that she was the victim of a stabbing.

The police have identified and arrested a “possible suspect”; the attack was said to be targeted.

The victim was taken to Royal Columbian Hospital, where police say she remains unconscious.

The Mounties say the woman has not yet been identified, but they “believe they can confirm the identity.”