Editor’s note: This is a corrected story. A previous version, based on information provided by the police, had inaccurate information about Zouaoui’s physical description.
Quebec provincial police are asking for help in locating a 32-year-old inmate who escaped from a minimum security federal detention centre north of Montreal.
Yacine Zouaoui, who was serving an indeterminate sentence for second-degree murder and assault causing bodily injury, was noticed missing from the Federal Training Centre in Laval at around 10: 45 p.m. on Thursday.
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Zouaoui was convicted in the 2011 fatal stabbing of a 43-year-old man in Burnaby, B.C.
He is 6 feet 1 inch tall, weighs 186 pounds and has a dark complexion, brown eyes, brown hair and visible tattoos, including a teardrop under his left eye and three dots in the web of his left hand.
Police say Zouaoui was last seen wearing a light-coloured top, jeans and black sneakers.
Zouaoui is thought to be travelling on foot, but police say he may try to hitchhike.
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They are asking anyone who sees him to call 911 and not approach him.
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