A 33-year-old pregnant woman was seriously injured after being stabbed in her Montreal North apartment early Monday morning.
Her child, delivered during an emergency C-section, died later in hospital.
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Montreal police responded to a 911 call at 2:30 a.m. on Langelier Boulevard near Pascale Street when they found the woman, who was eight months pregnant, with multiple stab wounds to her upper body.
“The woman was transported to hospital with serious wounds,” said Montreal police spokesperson Manuel Couture.
“Her life is not in danger.”
Montreal police have arrested the suspect, whom is known to police.
Officials say he and the victim have two other children together.
He fled the scene in a 2007 grey Mazda 3.