Winnipeg man charged with second-degree murder in stabbing death of neighbour

A Winnipeg man has been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of his neighbour, police say.

Officers were called to a building on Langside Street on Saturday night, and say they found the body of 64-year-old Marcel Alphonse Painchaud in a residential suite.

An investigation led police to Abdiaza Ahmed Saeed, 42, a tenant in the same building who knew the victim.

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According to police, an altercation broke out in Painchaud’s suite, where he was fatally stabbed.

Saeed was arrested Monday and remains in custody.

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