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Woman arrested in Montreal’s 2nd homicide of 2018

Police are investigating the second homicide of 2018 on Montreal police territory. Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. Yannick Gadbois/Global News

Montreal police are investigating after a 52-year-old man was stabbed to death inside an apartment on Paxton Street, near Guy and Notre-Dame streets, in Little Burgundy.

Police spokesperson Raphaël Bergeron said it happened at around 9:30 p.m. on Monday.

Bergeron said it started out as an argument between a man and a woman.

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The argument escalated and became physical.

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“That’s when the woman stabbed the man in the upper body,” Bergeron said.

Paramedics tried in vain to resuscitate the victim and he was declared dead at the scene.

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The woman, 52, was arrested and brought to a detention centre where she is expected to meet with investigators from the Major Crimes Unit on Tuesday morning.

The motive for the attack has yet to be determined.

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