Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Fatal Stabbing

Nishnawbe-Aski Police are investigating a fatal stabbing on the remote Northern community of Poplar Hill First Nation, north of Red Lake.

Officers responded to the incident early Sunday morning.

Police say 26-year-old Abus Owen was transported to the communities nursing station with stab wounds, where he later succumbed to his injuries.

Police have arrested a 20-year-old woman, who's name is currently being withheld.