Toronto police have identified the man wanted in connection with the stabbing of a TTC employee.

Investigtors say a man was walking alone in the area of Yonge and Bloor streets when he was approached from behind by another man just after 8 a.m. Friday, and stabbed in what they say was an unprovoked attack.

The man was taken to the hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

TTC CEO Mandeep Lali confirmed later in the day that the man was an electrical worker with the transit agency who was on a break when he was attacked. He said the man had been released from hospital and was recovering at home.

Police are searching for 36-year-old Anthony Christopher David McLaughlin, who is wanted for assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon.

McLaughlin is described as between five-feet-eight and five-feet-10, with a medium build, numerous tattoos on his face and arms, and a full beard. He was last seen wearing a grey t-shirt, blue vest, light grey pants with side pockets, brown leather shoes with mustard-coloured laces, and a backwards black baseball cap with “We The North” in white writing.