RCMP and corrections officials are investigating after an inmate was killed Monday at a Manitoba prison.
Officers were called to Stony Mountain Institution, 24 km north of Winnipeg, after a report of a serious assault.
When police arrived, they found the victim, 37, with serious injuries. He was rushed to hospital where he later died.
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The RCMP’s major crime services and forensic identification unit were called in to help with the investigation.