South central: a man assaults his younger brother with a knife

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The police have established a wide security perimeter Saturday on Beaudry street, between boulevard de Maisonneuve and rue Robin in the neighborhood of Centre-Sud, to examine the apartment where a man had reportedly assaulted his younger brother with a knife.

Vincent Larin

Saturday, 17 February, 2018 18:37

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A family dispute that turned to tragedy Saturday when a man in his sixties assaulted his younger brother with a knife in an apartment in the neighborhood of Centre-Sud in Montréal.

The incident occurred around 17: 20 in an apartment located at the intersection of Beaudry street and de Maisonneuve boulevard, according to police. The victim, aged fifty years, has sustained injuries to the upper body and was immediately transported to hospital in a critical state.

The two men lived in the apartment with their mother, according to several neighbors, including Nicolas Ratté, who knows the family for many years and who has attended the arrival of the first rescue on her balcony.

According to him, the mother of the two men would have refuge at a neighbor’s home after the assault, but the police has not confirmed this information.

Angry

“It is really sad for her because she had already lost one son in 2005,” explained Mr. Ratté.

He added that the two brothers chicanaient often, for the small details especially, because the youngest, for fear for life, was particularly angry.

“He was taking ben to the place, he was pretty turbulent. For me [the suspect] wanted to stop being achaler “, has described Mr. Ratté, by adding to be surprised that a fight between the two brothers has sided at this point.

“Wait for me “

The precise reasons for the aggression, however, remain to be determined, said the POLICE.

Nicolas Ratté said that he had to perform a contract of plaster next Tuesday with the suspect that he would hire from time to time for ” jobines “.

“Wait for me not for Tuesday “, he would have shouted from the street with the suspect, handcuffed him, who was preparing to embark in the car of the police.

A few moments earlier, he had seen the victim being lowered on a stretcher.

Cardiac Massage

“He was really bruised. Paramedics doing a heart massage “, described Mr. Ratté.

A security perimeter has been drawn up by the police in front of the apartment on the half of the Beaudry street, to the boulevard de Maisonneuve. Investigators and a stage technician still had to go to the place on Saturday night to meet witnesses.

The suspect was to be met by the investigators aware of the last night and could appear as early as Monday.