Montreal police are investigating the first homicide of 2018.
At about 11:15 P.M. on Sunday officers were called to a home on Guy-Bouchard near Louis-Hébert in LaSalle.
In front of the house they found a 61-year-old woman with stab wounds to her back. She was rushed to hospital in critical condition but died of her injuries.
61 y/o women was stabbed in #LaSalle on Guy-Bouchard St. It's #Montreal's first homicide for 2018. 34 y/o daughter arrested. @CTVMontreal pic.twitter.com/YwTHSxon91
— Cosmo Santamaria (@cosmoCTV) January 29, 2018
According to a police spokesperson, while the first officers on scene were performing C.P.R. the victim told them she had been attacked by her daughter.
A 34-year-old woman, known to police to have mental health problems, was arrested at the scene.