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Female employee dies after stabbing at Maxi grocery store

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Woman dead after Maxi stabbing
WATCH ABOVE: Police are searching for a suspect after a stabbing that left 20-year-old Clémence Beaulieu-Patry dead in a Maxi in Saint-Michel – Apr 11, 2016

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.

Clémence Beaulieu-Patry, as seen in a Facebook picture. Clémence Beaulieu-Patry/Facebook

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.

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

“Major crimes, the K9 unit and crime scene technicians are on the scene to determine the circumstances.”

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A 20-year-old woman was stabbed at a Maxi grocery store, Sunday, April 10, 2016. Yannick Gadbois/Global News

There have been no arrests so far.

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

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