Man dies after dep stabbing
A man was stabbed in a dépanneur in Ahuntsic on Friday afternoon, and has become homicide #22. No suspect has been arrested.
Update: La Presse specifies that the victim was the owner of the dépanneur and that several possible attackers were in the store at the same time.
I’m looking at previous posts and the homicide map I’ve been updating, and seem to have missed homicides #18, #19 and #21. …Update: I found #18 and #19, the former having been numbered late presumably after forensic work. Have not found the incident numbered #21.
Spi 11:12 on 2020-11-07 Permalink
What explains the rise of violent crimes in Ahuntsic over the past 5 years? I remember not that long ago it was mostly considered a sleepy on-island suburb. It seems like every few months there’s a stabbing or attack in the area around College Ahuntsic and now the 4th murder of the year?
Kate 11:34 on 2020-11-07 Permalink
Maybe gang activities are spilling over from Montreal North? That’s not a proper or complete explanation, because it simply pushes the question into a different district, but it’s the impression I get from reading the local media.