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Stabbing, robbery in Belltown

On July 30th, at approximately 2:15 AM, West Precinct officers responded to a 911 hangup call of a stabbing near 3rd Avenue and Battery Street.  Officers arrived and found the victim.  He told officers that he was withdrawing money from an ATM when an unknown person approached him from behind and stabbed him in the back.  The suspect then took the money the victim  had withdrawn and left in an unknown direction on foot. The victim was unable to provide officers with any description of the suspect.  The victim sustained a stab wound to the upper left area of his back.  He was treated and transported to the hospital by Medics with non life-threatening injuries.  Officers arrived quickly and conducted an area search but did not locate anyone fleeing from the scene.  There are no known witnesses.