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By Alyssa Conti

ONE ARRESTED

Local business owner stabbed in Abbotsford Saturday morning

Aug 9, 2025 | 3:23 PM

ABBOTSFORD — A local man has been arrested after stabbing a shop owner in Abbotsford this morning (Aug. 9).

At around 9:42 a.m., patrol officers with the Abbotsford Police Department responded to the report at a business located near the intersection of Townline Road and Maclure Road.

“Upon arrival, first responders located the victim—the business owner—who had sustained life-threatening injuries following an altercation with an unknown individual attempting to steal from the premises,” said AbbyPD in a release.

The victim was transported to a Vancouver-area trauma hospital, but the suspect ran away before police arrived.

Officers quickly contained the area and tracked the individual to the backyard of a nearby home. By 9:49 a.m., officers arrested a 40-year-old man who was already out on statutory release from a previous violent offence.

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He now remains in police custody.

Anyone in the area of Townline Road and Maclure Road between 9:15 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. is asked to come forward with information or dashcam footage by calling the Abbotsford Police Department at 604-859-5225 and quoting file number 2025-34062.