Investigators in Princeton are still trying to piece together what happened after multiple stabbings Wednesday sent three people to hospital.

RCMP are asking for witnesses to come forward after a man allegedly stabbed two women, then turned the knife on himself in the town’s Dairy Queen restaurant parking lot at 5 o’clock in the afternoon.

As police arrived at the location on Tapton Avenue a man was observed holding a knife and he appeared to be cutting his own throat.

Two women were also located with stab wounds. The women have received medical attention for their injuries. The man who allegedly cut his own throat is in critical condition. All three moved to hospitals in the Okanagan for treatment, surgery and observation.

The scene was so horrific that the restaurant had to be closed so they could bring in a restoration crew for the clean-up.

RCMP Sergeant Barry Kennedy said staff at the restaurant were shocked.

“They were traumatized by seeing what they saw,” he said.

Kennedy said all three of the people involved knew each other, but did not clarify to what degree.

CBC and Castanet files