A 40-year-old man is recovering in hospital after he was stabbed Friday night during a row between neighbours in Montreal’s Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough.
Police were called to an apartment on Liébert Street, near Baillargé Street at 11:40 p.m. where a stabbing occurred.
Montreal police spokesperson Jean-Pierre Brabant said two neighbours, a man and a woman, were arguing, when another man tried to intervene.
“The man who tried to help was stabbed,” Brabant said, adding that he suffered non-life-threatening injuries to the upper body.
According to Brabant, a 24-year-old man was arrested on site. He faces possible charges of armed assault and attempted murder.
The 22-year-old woman involved in the argument was not injured.
Police believe a possible noise complaint may have been at the origin of the conflict, but are meeting with the female neighbour to try to get a better understanding of what sparked the altercation.