Correctional Service Canada says a 26-year-old inmate has died at Donnacona Institution in Quebec.
They say Sylvain Kabbouchi died Sunday at the maximum-security institution west of Quebec City.
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Court documents show he had been convicted of first-degree murder in April.
Quebec provincial police confirmed Kabbouchi died after an assault by other inmates.
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They say investigators and technicians were sent to the scene.
Correctional Service Canada says it is reviewing the circumstances around the death and has notified the next of kin.
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