Woman charged with 1st-degree murder after man found dead in Toronto apartment

A woman has been charged with first-degree murder after a man was found dead in a Toronto apartment last week, police say.

Toronto police said officers responded to reports of a person who was found dead in an apartment in the Weston Road and Bellevue Crescent area, just south of Lawrence Avenue West, at around 6:35 p.m. on Aug. 9.

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Police said 67-year-old Toronto resident Ahmed Hassan was found deceased.

Police said that his body was taken to the coroner’s office, where it was determined that he was the victim of a homicide.

In an update on Tuesday, police said a 38-year-old Toronto woman was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.

The victim and the accused were known to each other, police said.

Further information about the case, including Hassan’s cause of death, hasn’t been released.