A 20-year-old man, Adel El Halabi, was charged Thursday afternoon with the second degree murder of Mazen Adel El Halabi, killed in a Blainville residence.
The victim, a 51-year-old man, owns the house where he was found on Wednesday afternoon.
The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) did not want to confirm whether the two men are related, but they lived at the same address on George-Hériot Street.
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Blainville police were called to the scene around 2:15 p.m. Wednesday. The investigation was then transferred to investigators from the SQ’s major crimes section.
The initial call to emergency services involved a person in crisis. According to the first elements of the investigation, a fight between two men broke out and one of them died from his injuries.
The accused appeared at the Saint-Jérôme courthouse on Thursday and he remains detained.
–With files from Global News’ Alessia Maratta
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