A 24-year-old woman was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after she was allegedly stabbed multiple times Tuesday afternoon.
Montreal police spokesman Raphael Bergeron said the incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. following an altercation between a man and a woman on Alymer Street in the city’s Plateau-Mont-Royal district.
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“The man stabbed the victim … multiple times in the upper body,” Bergeron said, adding that an arrest was made nearby shortly thereafter.
A man in his 30s is in police custody and is being held for questioning.
The victim was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
“The motive for the assault has yet to be determined,” Bergeron said.
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It is not yet known if the man and the woman knew each other.
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