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Police charge man with 2nd-degree murder after Etobicoke motel room stabbing

Police tape is seen in this file photo. Isaac Callan/Global News

Toronto police have arrested a man and charged him with second-degree murder after a stabbing in Etobicoke on Sunday morning.

Officers were called to a motel near The Queensway and Royal York Road at around 9:20 a.m., where they found the accused and victim together in a motel room.

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Police said the suspect stabbed the victim, who was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. They were later pronounced dead at the hospital — and have not been identified publicly.

Officers arrested the suspect — a 57-year-old man with no fixed address — at the scene.

He was charged with second-degree murder. The investigation will probe Toronto’s 11th homicide of the year.

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