Female employee dies after stabbing at Maxi grocery store

MONTREAL – Police are searching for a suspect after a stabbing Sunday night that left 20-year-old Clémence Beaulieu-Patry dead.

Around 8:30 p.m., police received a 911 call about a stabbing at the Maxi grocery store on the corner of Papineau Ave. and Crémazie Blvd. in the Saint-Michel borough.

“Officers arrived on the scene and located a 20-year-old woman on the ground in distress,” said Abdullah Emran, a spokesperson with Montreal police.

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Witnesses said she was stabbed by a man, who then fled the scene on foot

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Beaulieu-Patry was rushed to hospital, but died of her injuries.

“A perimeter was established around the business,” said Emran.

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There have been no arrests so far.

It is the city’s second homicide of the year.