Toronto police have arrested a suspect after three people were stabbed in Scarborough Thursday evening.

Police say they were called to a stabbing in the area of Newlands Avenue and Birchmount Road, south of St. Clair Avenue East, shortly before 10 p.m.

Three female victims were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries, Toronto paramedics say.

The suspect fled the scene, police say, but was later located and taken into custody.