Police open homicide investigation after man's body found north of Montreal
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Provincial police are investigating after the body of a man in his 40s was found with marks of violence north of Montreal early Thursday morning.
The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) said they got a 911 call at around 5 a.m. and later found the man who was "seriously injured" on Montée Pinet in Saint-Calixte, a town in Quebec's Lanaudière region.
He was sent to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The SQ is investigating the man's death as a homicide.
No arrests have been made but the investigation is ongoing.
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