The Regina Police Service is searching for a suspect in a weapons assault investigation following an incident that occurred on Friday.

At 11:15 p.m., police were dispatched to the 4100 block of 5th Avenue for the report of a weapons offence. The callers told officers that a man had been assaulted and had suffered severe injury, and that the offender had fled the scene.

Police located the injured man, whose injuries resembled those from a large, bladed weapon and administered emergency medical aid. EMS then arrived and transported the man to hospital.

Police are asking that anyone with information that can assist this investigation to contact the Regina Police Service or Crime Stoppers.