A 27-year-old man is in hospital following a stabbing in Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal borough Monday.
It happened at around 1:15 a.m. in an apartment on Papineau Street, between Sherbrooke and Gauthier streets.
Montreal police spokesperson Andréanne Picard said a 21-year-old man showed up at the victim’s apartment for reasons unknown and stabbed him in the upper body with an edged weapon before fleeing the scene.
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The victim called 911 and was rushed to hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Picard said the conflict could be drug-related.
She confirmed both men know each other and both are known to police.
Officers have yet to locate the suspect.
The investigation is ongoing.
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