A 70-year-old woman was stabbed to death in the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough on Friday morning.
A man of roughly the same age was arrested on the scene.
Montreal police said the stabbing occurred during a dispute in a residence located in an apartment building on Faribault Ave., near the intersection with Granby Ave.
The woman was found by police officers at 6:45 a.m. She was declared dead at the scene.
The relationship between the victim and suspect is not yet known.
It’s the second murder of the year on the Island of Montreal.
