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Two men dead following separate incidents in Montreal

Pollice investigate after a man was stabbed in downtown Montreal. Wednesday, May 24, 2017. Yannick Gadbois/Global News

Two men dead following separate incidents in Montreal Montreal police are investigating the city’s ninth and 10th homicides of the year in different neighbourhoods.

One victim died in hospital Wednesday after being stabbed during an altercation late Tuesday evening between several people at the intersection of Sainte-Catherine and Mackay streets.

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Police said the 23-year-old man was found a short distance away from the scene of the fight.

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Police spokesman Raphael Bergeron said two men were detained but there was no immediate word on charges.

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A second man was shot and killed following a bar fight in the city’s west end that spilled into a parking lot at the intersection of Saint-Jacques Street and Cavendish Boulevard.

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No arrests have been made in that death but police were reportedly seeking two possible suspects. No names have been released.

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