A woman was stabbed last night on the walkway to Maffeo Sutton Park in Nanaimo and it appears to have been a random attack.

A 30-year-old woman is in stable condition and a 17-year-old boy is in police custody after the incident, which happened Wednesday at 10:15 p.m.

Const. Gary O鈥橞rien, Nanaimo RCMP spokesman, said the woman was 鈥渧iolently stabbed鈥� multiple times and went to hospital with life-threatening injuries but is now stable.

Five bystanders assisted in restraining the alleged attacker, who is expected to appear in court today.

Nanaimo RCMP says there was no known connection between the victim and attacker.

鈥淩andom attacks are very rare in any community,鈥� O鈥橞rien said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e glad that she survived her injuries and she survived them mainly because of a result of the bystanders coming to her assistance.鈥�

He said it鈥檚 safe to say that there were no other suspects involved.

He added that it鈥檚 too early in the investigation to speculate possible reasons for the stabbing.

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