Anchorage police say a man who was repeatedly stabbed in what appears to be an attempted carjacking early Friday is expected to survive as officers continue to seek multiple assailants in the assault.
Police spokeswoman Jennifer Castro said police were informed of the stabbing at about 4 a.m., after an unknown driver took the victim to Alaska Regional Hospital with "multiple non-life-threatening stab wounds to his legs."
"It was reported to police that the victim was cleaning out his car near East Sixth Avenue and Muldoon Road when he was approached by three unknown males who assaulted him," Castro wrote. "The males took off on foot after the assault."
Castro said officers' first involvement with the call came about half an hour before the victim was hospitalized.
"We had actually gotten a call at about 3:30 about a vehicle in that area that looked suspicious -- it was just a vehicle that was sitting there with its door open," Castro said. "We responded to that vehicle and there was blood inside, but nobody there."
Officers converged on the area in an attempt to locate the suspects or any other victims, but didn't immediately find anyone. The victim's vehicle has been impounded by investigators for examination.
The victim told police that he didn't recognize any of the three suspects, and that nothing was apparently stolen during the assault.
"It was basically a big scuffle with him and the three males," Castro said. "He thinks they were trying to take his car."
Police are working to learn more about the males who attacked the victim, with no details on their descriptions initially available.
"There's a lot of unknowns to this, and obviously it's going to take further investigation to find out more," Castro said.
Anyone with information on the attack or the suspects should call police at 907-786-8900, or contact Crime Stoppers at 907-561-STOP or via its website.