New Brunswick RCMP said late Friday that a man from Elsipogtog First Nation had died following injuries that appeared to be from a stabbing.
Police said that around 6 a.m. on Friday, an altercation was reported on Oak Street in the Elsipogtog First Nation, where police found a 36-year-old man with stab wounds.
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“First aid was administered on scene by RCMP members until Ambulance New Brunswick paramedics arrived,” read a release. “The man died at the scene as a result of his injuries.”
His death was ruled a homicide, and autopsy has been scheduled, police said.
Later in the day, RCMP officers arrested a 46-year-old man from the same community and seized a weapon.
Police ask anyone who lives in the Oak Street area and may have videos of the area from midnight to 9 a.m. on Friday, or had witnessed anything suspicious in that time, to reach out.
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