A woman suffered serious injuries after a robbery in the area of Waterside Terrace in Dartmouth.
Police say she was approached by a man armed with a knife at about 6 p.m. on Monday evening.
The man demanded that she give him her property, the suspect cut the victims hand during the incident and then ran away.
Initial information from possible witnesses was that he may have escaped in a raft across Morris Lake.
However, after a search, it was determined that the person the witness saw on the raft was not the suspect and he left in a vehicle.
Police are still looking for the suspect.
The woman suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries and is being treated at the hospital.
The suspect is described as a black male 5’5- 5’7 who was wearing red track pants and a black hooded sweater at the time of the incident.
Police are asking anyone with information about this incident to contact police at 902-490-5016.
