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Inuvik man stabbed by 2 suspects, RCMP say

The man was seriously injured and has been transported out of the community, RCMP said. The RCMP's crime reduction unit and forensic identification services are both helping with the investigation.

Man has been transported out of community with serious injuries

Close up of a vehicle.
A file photo of an RCMP cruiser in Yellowknife in March 2025. RCMP say a stabbing in Inuvik on the weekend left one man seriously injured. (Liny Lamberink/CBC)

A man in Inuvik, N.W.T., was stabbed multiple times last weekend by two suspects, RCMP said in a news release Tuesday.

RCMP say they got the call shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday morning.

"Officers attended to find a male victim with numerous stab wounds. The suspects had already fled the scene," the RCMP wrote.

The man was seriously injured and has been transported out of the community, they added. The RCMP's crime reduction unit and forensic identification services are both helping with the investigation.

RCMP say they are looking for security footage from that night from the intersections of Navy Road and the Bypass, as well as Navy Road and Kugmallit Road.