Montreal: A neighbor’s dispute leads to an armed attack

A man was stabbed Thursday evening in the LaSalle borough of Montreal after an altercation with one of his neighbors.

Police said they received a call from a home near Rousseau and Benoit streets around 9:20 p.m. reporting that a man had just been stabbed.

The victim, aged 32, was injured in the upper body with a sharp object, explained a spokesperson for the Montreal Police Department, Jeanne Drouin.

The man was conscious when transported to hospital and his life is not believed to be in danger.

The police arrested a 51-year-old man who will be interviewed by investigators.

The first pieces of information collected by the police suggest that the attack was the result of a neighborhood dispute which degenerated, underlined Officer Drouin.


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