Police arrest suspect after man killed on Montreal Metro platform
Montreal police (SPVM) have arrested a suspect in connection with the deadly stabbing of a 37-year-old man on the platform of the Guy-Concordia Metro station last weekend.
The suspect, a 32-year-old man, was arrested Tuesday evening in the city's Montreal North borough.
He is expected to appear in court Wednesday to face a charge of second-degree murder, police said.
Officers confirmed that the victim was stabbed in the upper body during a fight with another person on the eastbound platform shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 12.
The man was sent to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The man's death is the 29th homicide of the year in Montreal.
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