Indian citizen fatally stabbed in Canada, embassy says suspect arrested

An Indian citizen was stabbed to death in Rockland, near Ottawa, Canada, revealed the High Commission of India on Saturday.

The Indian diplomatic mission said the suspect was taken into custody. However, the details of the victim was not immediately available. The suspect is also yet to be named.

The High Commission of India took to X to condole the death of the Indian national, saying, "We are deeply saddened by the tragic death of an Indian national in Rockland near Ottawa, due to stabbing. Police has stated a suspect has been taken into custody."

The diplomatic mission is in touch with the relatives of the victim through a local community association to provide assistance.

In March, an Indian woman was brutally attacked by a man, Braydon Joseph James French, on a crowded train platform in Calgary as onlookers failed to help her. The attacker splashed water on her face and shook her violently before demanding her phone. Police have arrested the man but claimed the attack was not racially motivated.

On December 14, 2024, an Indian woman, Simranjit Kaur, 23, Canada was murdered by micreants at her rented home in Guildford, Surrey. The woman, who studying business management, succumbed to stabbing injuries while another Indian student was injured critically.

A Haryana student, Harshandeep Singh Anttal, was murdered in Edmonton, Alberta, on December 6, 2024. He was on duty as a security guard at an apartment complex when two people attacked him. The suspects, Evan Rain, 30, and Judith Saulteaux, 30, were charged with first-degree murder.

On December 1, 2024, Gurasis Singh, 22, from Ludhiana, was stabbed to death during a fight with his roommate, Crossley Hunter, 36. He was pursuing MBA at Lambton College, Toronto.

 

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