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Police seek four persons of interest after Whitby cinema stabbing

Durham police are asking for the public's help identifying four male persons of interest after a stabbing in the parking lot of the Landmark Cinema in Whitby. The victim suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

By Daily Durham News

Oct 14, 2026, 10:43 a.m. ET1 min read

Daytime exterior of the Playhouse Cinema, a brick theatre building with a vertical blade sign and street-facing marquee; no people visible. Illustrative image, not the incident location. — A cinema building exterior. Durham police are seeking four male persons of interest after a stabbing in a Whitby cinema parking lot. · Credit: Stephanuniverse, Wikimedia Commons

Durham Regional Police are asking for the public's help identifying four male persons of interest following a stabbing in the parking lot of the Landmark Cinema at 75 Consumers Drive in Whitby.

Officers from the Central West Division responded to an armed-person call at the parking lot, where the victim was found with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Central West Division Criminal Investigations Branch at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 1805. Anonymous tips can be sent to Durham Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or durhamregionalcrimestoppers.ca, where tipsters may be eligible for a cash reward.

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